Zexxthe autonomous taxi company of Amazonhas received the approval of using its current fleet of fully electric vehicles without a steering wheel for demonstration purposes.
The national road traffic safety authority (NHTSA) has issued an exception to the federal vehicle security standards after the company made a corresponding application in June.
With the certification, the authority ended an investigation that was initiated in 2022 to check whether the autonomous electric vehicles that have no pedals or steering wheels meet the security requirements when the company certified the vehicle itself.
At that time, the federal authority had stated that the startup had certified its autonomous vehicles itself in June 2022, but “public materials that the vehicles of Zexx showed, indicated that they may not be certain FMVSS agree ”.
As part of the investigation, an inspection report of the NHTSA presented that “several non -agreement with the applicable FMVSS“Contained. The document also found that Zexx An exception in the industry, since the company had chosen the self -certification instead of applying for an available exception.
Now that the exemption has been granted, the NHTSA The Amazon Robotaxi company instructs to remove all existing statements that the specially developed taxis meet or match all applicable federal vehicle security standards.
However, the exemption only applies to the Zexx-vehicles in the investigation of the NHTSA With the exception of some 2023 models that were pulled out of circulation. According to the document, a total of 64 vehicles that are currently on public roads are comprised from the exceptional permit.
It is important to note that the exemption Zexx Not allowed to operate its robotaxis commercially and the vehicles may only be used for demonstration purposes. The company is currently testing the four -wheeled pods near its headquarters in Foster City, California, as well as in Las Vegas and San Francisco.
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