Amazon Might Be Planning To Use Driverless Cars for Delivery (fortune.com)

Posted by msmash on Monday April 24, 2017 @06:40AM from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.

Amazon could be eyeing driverless car technology as a way to get items to people's doors faster, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. From an article: It seems nearly every tech and auto giant are now evaluating autonomous vehicle technology. Google-owner Alphabet recently spun out its self-driving car unit, Waymo, into its own subsidiary. Apple was just granted a license in California to test autonomous vehicles. Ford and General Motors are also doubling down on creating autonomous vehicles. Amazon's ambitions, however, may not be to actually build these cars. Instead, the e-commerce giant has a team of around a dozen employees thinking of ways to potentially use the nascent technology to expand its own retail and logistics operations. Operating fleets of driverless trucks to ship items bought from its marketplace could help lower costs for the company.

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Re:No drivers, just deliver-people? by Stolovaya · 2017-04-24 08:32 · Score: 5, Insightful

Why would I pay that? With Prime, I already pay no shipping. Why would I pay $5 more for a service I'm already getting? You're also vastly underestimating the convenience factor.
An Amazon locker? Why would I have one? Amazon already delivers to my doorstep.