Cars without drivers for the first time in the world began to deliver products from supermarkets

On December 18, 2018 the startup of Nuro and the American supermarket chain Kroger which within several months tested the pilotless delivery service of products, announced that now it will become available to all inhabitants Skottsdale, the State of Arizona, the USA. Affirms that it is about the first-ever delivery service of products on cars without drivers.

Since August, 2018 both companies checked the product delivery, using the autonomous Prius cars. At the same time in the separate machine they were accompanied by the person. The companies stated that cars carried to clients of nearly 1000 orders. Since December, 2018 the park extended at the expense of the Nuro unmanned vehicle known as R1 in which development the company is engaged since 2016.

Cars without drivers for the first time in the world began to deliver products from supermarkets

R1 goes on public roads, in it there are no wheel and seats for the driver or passengers, and it transports only goods. At the first stage the car will travel in a radius of one mile from Fry's Food grocery store which belongs to Kroger, passing up to 40 km/h on domestic streets and avoiding the main roads or highways.

Clients, having placed the order via the smartphone or the notebook, will receive the text message when products are in way. The following message will warn them when goods arrive to the specified address. According to the director of external relations of Kroger company Pam Giannonatti after the car arrives, the client will receive the code using which he will be able to open car doors. Service will be available 7 days a week. It is possible to order delivery the same day or on following. The cost of service will be fixed and will be $5.95, at the same time the minimum amount of the order will not be determined.

Though this pilotless service is the culmination of many years of work, it also symbolizes the beginning. It can be the first, but will be farther more: it is more than vehicles, it is more than cities more services — the cofounder of Nuro Dave Ferguson noted.[1][2]

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