Zoox is live in SF

I’m excited to get back home to San Francisco for the holidays. Of course, seeing family and friends is top of mind. But on the side, I’m stoked to try out one of the Zoox driverless taxis for the first time as well.

I first heard about Zoox back in 2019 when I met a few of their early employees who were at the forefront of building the driverless car. I found it incredibly fascinating speaking with employees there trying to do something that seemed so bizarre at that point. Low and behold, 6 years later and we have driverless cars all over the roads in San Francisco.

I know folks at Zoox would tell you that they wished they were able to get out to market sooner than 2025, but it’s still an amazing accomplishment. For me, what’s most interesting is that these Zoox cars are not retrofitted Jaguars like Waymo, they are built specifically to be a driverless taxi and looks like one accordingly with seats facing each other.

This looks like a much more fun way to travel throughout the city and I can’t wait to get in one in December. I’m counting down the days when I can take a driverless car to Lake Tahoe.