How Amazonβs Zoox Is Taking On Waymo in San Francisco NYT: Technology By: Emmy Martin 9 September 2026 at 18:14 The Amazon-owned driverless car company is a distant second to Waymo. Its pitch to riders? Wine pop-ups, festival sponsorships and a car built to be filmed. Β© Kelsey McClellan for The New York TimesZoox, owned by Amazon, offers free rides in San Francisco, which has become a center for autonomous vehicle experiments.