Postmates, Ford and Tacos…
It’s a familiar feeling. The day inches towards dinner and your stomach makes a simple, direct plea to your heart: You want tacos. That hand pressed corn tortilla, the tangy salsa and fresh cilantro — you’re getting hungry already! But what if ordering tacos did more than just satisfy the gremlin in your gut? What if it actually…shaped the future? Ford is working with Postmates, an on-demand delivery platform, to operate a self-driving delivery service.
Our Postmates pilot is currently underway in Miami and Miami Beach with more than 70 businesses participating, including local favorites like Coyo Taco. For residents in the area, when you order tacos — or almost anything, really — through Postmates, you may be given the option to have your items delivered by a self-driving research vehicle.
What does that mean? It’s easier to show than to tell, so let’s examine the future of food delivery enabled by self-driving technology.
Some things don’t change — when your meal is ready to be delivered, a restaurant employee will place it in the vehicle. (Surprise! You ordered tacos.)
We designed a Transit Connect for this pilot program with a locker system to secure your food and allow us to serve multiple customers on one delivery route.
Click here to read the rest of the article on Medium, originally posted by Alexandra Ford English, Ford Autonomous Vehicle Business Team.
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