How Amazon’s Zoox Is Taking On Waymo in San Francisco
The Amazon-owned driverless car company is a distant second to Waymo. Its pitch to riders? Wine pop-ups, festival sponsorships and a car built to be filmed.
TL;DR
- A woman and her daughter saw a driverless Zoox car in San Francisco.
- Zoox, owned by Amazon, opened a lounge for people to see and ride in their self-driving cars.
- The woman was impressed after taking a ride and expressed a desire to invest.
- A rivalry is emerging between Zoox and Waymo (owned by Alphabet) in the autonomous car industry.
- Waymo is credited with kicking off the autonomous car industry.