Zoox recalls fleet after robotaxi enters smoky emergency scene

Zoox voluntarily recalled its entire 105-robotaxi fleet after one driverless vehicle entered an active emergency scene obscured by heavy smoke, which the autonomous driving system failed to detect. The company deployed a software update to address the detection gap in smoke-obscured environments.

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