Amazon’s new subsidiary Zoox has presented an autonomous car without a steering wheel and pedals for city traffic. It can drive bidirectionally and has all-wheel steering so that it can drive through tight spaces and change directions without having to reverse gear, Zoox announced.

The four Seats are arranged opposite one another so that there are special safety requirements. To this end, Zoox has developed a new airbag system, it says in a press release. The car is 3, 50 m long and should have a top speed of 120 km / h. The 133 – kWh battery should be up to 16 hours with one charge.

panoramic view Cameras, radar and LIDAR should provide a field of view of 270 ° at all four corners. This should make it possible to see blind spots alive and pedestrians or cyclists to go through. The technology including the car is currently being tested in Las Vegas, San Francisco and Foster City.

Robotaxi from the Amazon subsidiary Zoox (13 Pictures) (Image: Zoox) The 2014, the Californian company Zoox, which specializes in AI and autonomous driving, has been an independent Amazon subsidiary since the summer of this year. The online retailer is said to have paid $ 1.2 billion for this, according to media reports.

The seating arrangement is not an original Zoox innovation, for example Volkswagen had demonstrated it in its Cedric. General Motors also offers cars without steering wheel and pedals.

(anw)