Zoox Robotaxis in Las Vegas - What You Need to Know

Zoox, an autonomous-driving company owned by Amazon, has launched its paid robotaxi service.

This follows a testing phase that allowed the public to take free rides.

I've taken several rides and have been impressed.

The A/C did an admirable job keeping up with the mid-summer heat, which surprised me given how much glass there is.

There's no steering wheel; instead, two rows of seats face each other, and the vehicle resembles a toaster.

They're adorable.

Passengers can control the climate and music, and the seats even have built-in wireless phone-charging pads.

Zoox Cost

Ride pricing is a hair higher than Uber or Lyft, but it's essentially at parity when you factor in tipping on those platforms, which obviously isn't needed with Zoox.

My recent ride from the airport to Bellagio was $28, more than rideshare but nearly on par with taxi flat rates.

Vegas Zoox Stops

Drop-off & pickup locations are limited and include:

• Area15
• Resorts World
• Bellagio
• New York New York
• Excalibur
• Luxor
• Mandalay Bay
• MGM Grand
• Aria
• Topgolf
• Wynn
• Fashion Show Mall
• Fontainebleau
• The Sphere
• Convention Center
• Harry Reid Intl. Airport (T1 & T3)

How To Ride Zoox

It's simple.

Download the Zoox app, create an account, go to a pickup point, and request a ride. The app will give you a time estimate similar to Uber/Lyft.

I recently took my first paid ride from the Airport to Bellagio. It was a substantial 35-minute wait, and the ride cost $28.

That's about the same cost as a taxi and slightly more than rideshare, which usually lands at about $20 + tip for this ride.

The Zoox app also shares your ride's license plate so you know which one is yours when you arrive.

You can even pick the color of the vehicle's accent lighting to help you identify your chariot.

When ready, click "Open doors" inside the app, board, click "Close doors", then "Start ride" on the screen inside your Zoox.

During your ride, the time to the destination will display on the screen that controls climate & music.

The cabin is spacious, and there's plenty of floor space for luggage, provided you didn't pack TOO heavy.

My ride from the airport to Bellagio was smooth and quite enjoyable. I'll do it again in a heartbeat.

An Imperfect Rollout

It hasn't been all rainbows for Zoox in Vegas - There have been accidents, like this incident in April 2025, when an unoccupied Zoox got into a minor accident with a passenger vehicle. There were no injuries.

The company paused rides while identifying the root cause, which was addressed via a software update.

While physical accidents have been rare, Las Vegas casino expert John Mehaffey recently tweeted "I wouldn't use Zoox", adding he saw several make mistakes outside Park MGM that (fortunately) didn't result in an accident.

Autonomy Spreading in Vegas

Waymo, owned by Google, is now operating in Las Vegas, and Tesla has already secured a permit from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles to begin autonomous testing on public streets.

Tesla is already offering autonomous robotaxi rides in Austin, with a safety driver on hand to prevent incidents.

The Vegas Loop Going Driverless

On October 18th, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that Tesla vehicles operating in The Boring Company's underground Vegas Loop "will be driverless in a month or two", meaning no safety drivers, according to Teslarati.

The Vegas Loop is a growing network of subterranean tunnels that connects the Las Vegas Convention Center with surrounding resorts like Westgate, Encore, and Resorts World, and there are plans to expand the system city-wide.

While the majority of rides given in Las Vegas are operated by humans, the tide is clearly turning. It's only a matter of time until our robot overloards assume the role of shuttling us about.

Learn more about Zoox in my YouTube Short.

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