Amazon's robotaxi unit Zoox testing in Dallas, mapping city since March

The company announced the mapping phase back in March.

Zoox, an autonomous vehicle company, is coming to North Texas.

The company contacted state regulators to let them know that autonomous testing of their fleet, with a safety operator, will commence this month. The fleet is only twelve vehicles.

Zoox says they've also worked with city officials on first responder training, and they plan to work with the city more later this year.

Zoox currently operates in Las Vegas, the San Francisco Bay Area, Austin, and Miami, with testing underway in six more cities, including Phoenix.

Zoox did not say how much of the city it mapped; Waymo launched operations earlier this year and runs from Bishop Arts to just south of Dallas Love Field. Tesla's robotaxis are available in Dallas, but only north of I-30. It's unclear how the companies choose the areas designated for testing.

Uber, through partnership with Avride, also offers driverless taxis in Dallas.

Zoox tested for two years in Las Vegas before launching routes.