Why do many self-driving cars look like toasters on wheels?

On Monday, the autonomous vehicle company Zoox—acquired by Amazon over the summer for a reported $1.2 billion—rolled out its robotaxi. The design, which has been in development for six years, may look familiar. Almost every autonomous vehicle concept revealed over the past few years—by carmakers, engineers, ride-hailers, and startups—has been a neat, rectangular box.

https://www.wired.com/story/self-driving-cars-look-toasters-wheels/