Zoox recalls 105 robotaxis after one drove blind into a wall of smoke

Zoox recalled 105 robotaxis after one entered heavy smoke at a Las Vegas fire scene without detecting the hazard; NHTSA identified the issue as the automated driving system's failure to treat smoke as a low-visibility emergency, forcing the company to update software to recognise heavy smoke independently of formal hazard markers like cones.

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