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DoorDash, GM Unit to Begin Automated Delivery Pilot in Bay Area in March

DoorDash and General Motors will begin testing food deliveries using autonomous vehicles in San Francisco, they said Thursday. The pilot is looking to solve questions about autonomous delivery around technical and infrastructure challenges; impact on merchants, delivery people and customers;…

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and quality of automated deliveries vs. the current experience. A runner system will move orders from the merchant to the AV, with the customer notified when the vehicle is approaching. GM’s Cruise Automation has been testing AVs in San Francisco for three years.