Amazon is gearing up to make as many as 10,000 robotaxis annually at a sprawling plant near Silicon Valley as it prepares to challenge self-driving cab leader Waymo. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is also vying to join the autonomous race.

The 220,000-square-foot factory is located in Hayward, California near its Foster City headquarters. This is Zoox’s second production facility in the Bay Area, adding to the assembly warehouse in nearby Fremont.

Amazon.com Inc.’s Zoox autonomous driving unit opened a robotaxi production facility in California in the latest move by a deep-pocketed tech company to expand the nascent industry. The site in the San Francisco Bay area city of Hayward will be able to churn out 10,