Amazon-owned Zoox will take its autonomous driving development outside the United States for the first time, with a test fleet operating in Europe and Asia from early 2027, chief executive Aicha Evans said at the Wall Street Journal's Tech Live event in an interview with journalist Tim Higgins.
Evans said the first phase will not be a passenger service but exploratory work to collect data and map traffic conditions in each country. The target markets include London, several European Union countries, Japan and South Korea. The overseas tests will use sensor-equipped vehicles, mostly Toyota Highlanders, with human safety drivers to map roads, signs and traffic lights.
In the United States, Zoox has about 150 robotaxis on the road, according to HDmotori. After starting commercial service in Las Vegas in 2025 and then San Francisco, it is preparing launches in Austin and Miami, and it has started series production at its Hayward plant.
