Dashcam footage from a Tesla captured a Zoox robotaxi being rear-ended by an SUV at a Las Vegas traffic light after the autonomous vehicle stopped suddenly to yield to an approaching ambulance1,2.
The video, shared on X by Wham Baam Teslacam, shows the Zoox vehicle slowing and halting abruptly as an ambulance appears on the right with its lights flashing. An SUV then crashes into the back of the robotaxi. The footage suggests the SUV driver had enough time to slow down and avoid the collision.
Zoox, Amazon's autonomous driving subsidiary, developed the vehicle, and its robotaxi service began operating in Las Vegas in 2025. The video had accumulated 1.4 million views at the time the reports were published on October 30.
ANALYSIS The incident is notable because the dashcam evidence points to the human-driven SUV, not the autonomous system, as the proximate cause of the collision — the Zoox vehicle executed a lawful yield to an emergency vehicle while the trailing driver failed to maintain a safe following distance.
Amazon disclosed AWS Q3 revenue of $45.98 billion on October 30, underscoring the scale of its broader technology operations as its autonomous-driving unit faces public scrutiny over robotaxi safety[2].