Elon Musk calls Jeff Bezos a copy cat after Amazon acquires self-driving-car startup Zoox
Amazon's acquisition is a step forward into the autonomous-driving, an arena that Musk's Tesla has been seeking to dominate.Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a jab at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Twitter Friday just a day afterthe Seattle tech giant's reported $1.2 billion acquisition of self-driving taxi firm Zoox.—Elon Musk The comment comes as Amazon's acquisition puts the company at a more leveled playing field with Tesla in the self-driving arena.
As Business Insider's Mark Matousek reported in late May, Amazon's interest in Zoox was piqued to helpZoox's vehicles are designed for ride-hailing, unlike Tesla's, which are designed to go directly to consumers. Tesla and Zoox have traded jabs before. Musk claimed in 2019 that by mid-2020, his company's self-driving cars would be fully operational without human interaction, meaning drivers wouldn't have to look at the road while driving. At Business Insider's 2019 IGNITION conference, Zoox co-founder and CTO"They don't have enough sensors or computers to do that given any remotely known technology that exists that humans have ever created," Levinson said at the conference.
] on the freeway is I think the best out there ... I think if [Musk] focused on that aspect it would be better received."and still require human interaction. Zoox was recently valued at $3.2 billion. Like other autonomous-vehicle companies, Zoox has taken a hit from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and
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