By Abhimanyu Ghoshal
June 20, 2025
Amazon subsidiary Zoox is ramping up production of its robotaxis in California ahead of its commercial launch in Las Vegas expected later this year. It's flung open the doors to its second production facility that's set up to roll out over 10,000 of its driverless four-passenger vans annually.
The Hayward, California, plant spans 220,000 square feet (~20,440 sq m), and will assemble the company's robotaxis and conduct end-of-line testing before deploying these vehicles – which will be owned and operated by Zoox.
You can get a look at the shop floor in the video below. There isn't any onsite welding or painting going on, because Zoox works with components that arrive pre-manufactured from suppliers. The new factory is staffed by a combination of humans and robots; the latter will be tasked with moving robotaxis down the assembly line and precisely applying adhesive to the vehicles' surfaces.
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