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Wednesday
Aug302017

Ford and Domino's test pizza delivery via self-driving cars

Some lucky pizza lovers in Michigan are getting Domino's Pizza delivered by Ford self-driving cars.

Over the next several weeks of testing, randomly-selected Domino’s customers in Ann Arbor, Michigan will have the opportunity to receive their pizza delivery from a Ford Fusion Hybrid Autonomous Research Vehicle (which will be manually-driven by a Ford safety engineer and staffed with researchers).

With a plan to begin production of autonomous vehicles in 2021, Ford is taking steps to increase their understanding of how self-driving vehicles can support the movement of people and goods. Researchers from both companies will investigate customer reactions to interacting with a self-driving vehicle during the delivery process, especially those last 50 feet of the delivery experience. Hey Ford, Canadians love Pizza, too! How about it?

 

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