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We don’t know all of the specific terms, but it is worth noting that this will be an independent company co-led by Rivian’s head of software Wassym Bensaid and Volkswagen Group’s chief technical engineer, Carsten Helbing. Welp, Zoox co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson told us at Disrupt 2024 that the Amazon-backed company’s custom robotaxi would be hitting the streets of San Francisco and Las Vegas. From UK-based reporter Paul Sawers: “While I’ve written about the autonomous vehicle industry for many years, taking my first ride in an actual self-driving car was pretty mind-blowing — it felt like I’d been catapulted into the future.

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