SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES
Ford, Walmart and Postmates to collaborate on automated delivery
Pilot project in Miami area will initially use human-driven vehicles simulating how self-driving vehicles will behave
Ford Motor, Walmart and delivery service Postmates would collaborate to design a service to deliver groceries and other goods to Walmart customers, which could one day use autonomous vehicles, they said on Wednesday. The project is the latest to grow out of Ford’s broader effort to develop businesses that could use automated delivery vehicles. Ford was already working with San Francisco-based Postmates to develop delivery services that could employ automated vehicles. Ford said the Walmart pilot project, to take place in the Miami area, would initially use human-driven vehicles operated in a way that would simulate how self-driving vehicles would behave. The group has said it expects to launch commercial production of automated vehicles by 2021. Ford and its partners are using Miami as a testing ground for automated delivery ideas and automated vehicle technology. The new pilot project will offer customers delivery by Postmates of goods ordered at Walmart stores. Brian Wolf, an exec...
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