The Trump administration allowed Zoox, Amazon's autonomous vehicle subsidiary, to operate driverless cars that do not have traditional driving controls. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration granted an exemption for Zoox's unique vehicle design, which was announced in 2022 and lacks steering wheels or brakes. This decision is critical for Zoox as it has plans for large-scale production of robotaxis at its new California facility. The exemption also signifies a broader effort to streamline regulations for self-driving cars in the U.S.
The Trump administration has cleared the way for Zoox, the autonomous-vehicle subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., to demonstrate self-driving cars that lack traditional driving controls like steering wheels.
NHTSA granted an exemption to federal vehicle safety standards for purpose-built driverless cars made by Zoox, allowing the vehicles to operate on public roads.
Zoox plans to produce 10,000 purpose-built robotaxis a year at its new California facility, which features cars designed without steering wheels or brake pedals.
The new policy from NHTSA allows domestic autonomous vehicles like Zoox's to qualify for exemptions that were previously offered only to imports.
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