{"id":24983,"date":"2026-07-17T18:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=24983"},"modified":"2026-07-17T18:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:16:26","slug":"zoox-vidklykannya-robotaksi-dym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/science-tech\/zoox-vidklykannya-robotaksi-dym\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoox is recalling 105 robotaxis following a fire incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">Zoox has recalled the software for 105 robotaxis following an incident on 20 June, when a vehicle with no passengers drove into an area where a fire was raging, which was shrouded in thick smoke. The vehicle braked sharply whilst attempting to turn and came to a halt. The company has already remotely updated the entire fleet covered by the recall and has informed the regulator that it is not aware of any injuries resulting from this issue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zoox has announced a software recall for 105 robotaxis.<\/li>\n<li>The incident took place on 20 June near an active fire.<\/li>\n<li>Thick smoke prevented the car from driving round the scene properly.<\/li>\n<li>After being controlled remotely, the car reversed.<\/li>\n<li>The NHTSA has stepped up its focus on the interaction between robotaxis and emergency services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How the incident happened<\/h2>\n<p>According to the description in the recall documents, <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/science-tech\/uklon-testuvannya-distancijnogo-keruvannya-boryspil\/\">robot taxi<\/a> The Zoox, with no passengers on board, drove into the area where the fire was raging. Thick smoke obscured the scene, preventing the car from navigating around it properly.<\/p>\n<p>As it attempted to turn, the vehicle braked sharply and came to a halt. After being remotely controlled, it reversed. Only then did the emergency services set up traffic cones, blocking two of the three lanes.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, at the time the robotaxi arrived, the scene of the fire had not yet been cordoned off with traffic cones. The description of the incident does not point to a proven complete failure of the sensors, but rather to a problem with the system\u2019s response in conditions where smoke was obscuring the active scene.<\/p>\n<h2>The entire fleet has been upgraded<\/h2>\n<p>The campaign is programme-based: <a href=\"https:\/\/zoox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoox<\/a> It owns and manages its own vehicles, so this does not involve recalling vehicles from private owners. The company has rolled out a remote software update for all 105 robotaxis in its fleet.<\/p>\n<p>This approach to rectifying the issue may limit the immediate impact of the recall on the service\u2019s operation. However, how the updated system will perform in real-world conditions involving thick smoke and rescue operations has yet to be tested in practice.<\/p>\n<h2>The regulator drew attention to the emergency scenes<\/h2>\n<p>Nine days before Zoox\u2019s announcement, on 8 July, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) addressed the developers of autonomous vehicles. The regulator stated that it had identified a clear pattern of incidents in which robotaxis were hindering the work of the police and emergency services.<\/p>\n<p>The NHTSA specifically mentioned responses to flashing lights, flares, smoke, fire and traffic cones, and planned to hold meetings with companies by the end of July. The regulator emphasised that a vehicle which cannot interact safely with the emergency services poses a danger to the public.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zoox recalled 105 robotaxis after a vehicle with no passengers on board failed to navigate around a fire obscured by thick smoke.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":24982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"Zoox \u0432\u0456\u0434\u043a\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u041f\u0417 105 \u0440\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0441\u0456 \u043f\u0456\u0441\u043b\u044f \u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e, \u044f\u043a \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e \u0431\u0435\u0437 \u043f\u0430\u0441\u0430\u0436\u0438\u0440\u0456\u0432 \u043d\u0435 \u0437\u043c\u043e\u0433\u043b\u043e \u043a\u043e\u0440\u0435\u043a\u0442\u043d\u043e \u043e\u0431\u2019\u0457\u0445\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0436\u0435\u0436\u0443, \u0437\u0430\u043a\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0443 \u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043c \u0434\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043c.","rank_math_title":"\u0420\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0441\u0456 Zoox \u0432\u0456\u0434\u043a\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043b\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0440\u0435\u0430\u0433\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u0434\u0438\u043c","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0420\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0441\u0456 Zoox","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805620],"tags":[806764],"class_list":["post-24983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science-tech","tag-806764"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24984,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24983\/revisions\/24984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}