Zoox, citing COVID-19 shutdown, lays off its autonomous vehicle backup drivers

Photo by Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images Zoox, the ambitious self-driving startup said to be worth over $3 billion, laid off almost all of its contract workers last week, including its backup drivers who ride around in the company’s autonomous vehicles. Around 120 people are said to be out of work.
Zoox workers were informed in an email sent on Friday that their jobs were being terminated effective immediately. They were told that they were being locked out of the company