Amazon and the Auto Industry
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- Amazon was already making in-roads in the auto industry and had the most to gain from AV deliveries. In June 2020, Amazon acquired Zoox for $1.2 billion to design autonomous ride-hailing vehicles. In December 2018, Zoox Inc. received the first California permit to transport vehicles in self-driving cars.
- In October 2020, Amazon unveiled its first all-electric van built by electric vehicle (EV) startup Rivian, with an expected 10,000 vans on roads as soon as 2022, and 100,000 by 2030.
- VSI Labs said Amazon had the “most to gain” from AV for deliveries and Bloomberg said it had the ability to “change up its own stomping ground.”
