Zoox issues recall after robotaxi drives through heavy smoke in Las Vegas LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Zoox issued a software recall after one of its robotaxis drove through heavy smoke at an emergency scene in Las Vegas. The Amazon subsidiary told federal regulators that an unoccupied autonomous vehicle encountered the smoke at an active fire scene on June 20. The incident happened in Las Vegas, a source with knowledge of the recall told News 3. No cones were set up, and the vehicle entered the scene before braking hard while trying to steer away. It came to a stop, and with a teleguidance tactician's guidance, the vehicle went into reverse. First responders then set up cones to block two lanes. Zoox said it investigated the root cause and developed a software update to better detect and respond to heavy smoke. The updated software was released on July 15 to all 105 affected Zoox vehicles. "Based on the conducted review and analysis, this is the only event of this kind that Zoox has experienced," states the report filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Rides with Zoox's fleet of robotaxis are currently available in Las Vegas and San Francisco. Earlier this month, NHTSA Administrator Jonathan Morrison called on autonomous vehicle developers to focus their resources on improving interactions with first responders. "To state it bluntly: an AV that cannot safely interact with first responders is a danger to the general public," Morrison wrote. A Zoox spokesperson provided News 3 with the following statement: "Zoox has submitted a voluntary software recall notice to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) following an internal review of a June event, in which an unoccupied Zoox vehicle entered an active fire scene obscured by heavy smoke that had not yet been marked off