According to Sawyer Merritt, Nevada approved Waymo’s AVN permit, enabling a paid robotaxi launch in Las Vegas with up to 1,000 vehicles in 12 months.

According to Sawyer Merritt on X, Zoox reports it has driven more than one million autonomous miles and served over 300,000 riders since launching its robotaxi service in Las Vegas and the Zoox Explorers program in San Francisco at the end of last year; as reported by Zoox’s public update referenced in the post, these figures highlight rapid scaling of a purpose-built autonomous vehicle platform and growing rider adoption in two high-traffic urban markets. According to Zoox (via the X-linked announcement), the milestone underscores operational reliability for geo-fenced, fully autonomous rides, signaling commercial momentum for Amazon’s mobility unit and potential enterprise use cases such as hotel-casino guest transport, airport connectors, and late-night service gaps. As reported by the X post, sustained rider throughput and real-world mileage provide valuable edge-case data, which, according to Zoox, can accelerate safety validation, route expansion, and potential regulatory approvals—key levers for unit economics and market entry in additional cities.