March 11 : Uber Technologies signed a multi-year partnership to deploy Zoox's purpose-built robotaxis to its platform, the companies said on Wednesday, marking the latter's first venture with a third-party ride-hailing service. Despite lagging behind industry leader Alphabet's Waymo in robotaxi deployment, Zoox has been gradually expanding operations, launching limited services in Las Vegas and a pilot rider program in San Francisco late last year. Zoox said on Monday it will expand testing to