Amazon is gearing up to make as 10,000 robotaxis annually at a sprawling plant near Silicon Valley as it prepares to challenge self-driving cab leader Waymo

The self-driving tech company has begun building its small, custom-designed vehicles at a new Bay Area factory ahead of its commercial ride-service launch in Las Vegas this year.

Zoox, Amazon's autonomous vehicle unit, has opened its first robotaxi production facility in California, capable of assembling over 10,000 vehicles annually. The move supports plans for public operations in Las Vegas and San Francisco,