Car manufacturer General Motors and food delivery startup DoorDash collaborating to provide autonomous food and grocery deliveries to select customers in San Francisco in 2019

Briefing

January 21, 2019

Briefing	Autonomous Deliveries – General Motors’ self-driving technology subsidiary Cruise and food delivery startup DoorDash partnering to bring autonomous food and grocery deliveries to customers in San Francisco by early 2019 Participating Merchants – Customers can order from existing DoorDash partners and grocers Human Driver Assisted – Human drivers will still be used, but will only take over during emergency Self-Driving Vehicle – Driverless vehicle to be used will be automated Chevrolet Bolt electric car Evaluation – Program will be used to evaluate operational and safety aspects of automated delivery programs Future Plans – Plans to provide autonomous rides to paying customers in 2019
Accelerator	Transportation and Mobility
Market Disruption	Innovation Partnerships, Next-Generation Logistics
Business Model and Practices Business Model and Practices	Evolved Distribution Channels, Innovative Partnerships
Sector	Transportation and Logistics
Function	Sales and Distribution Channels
Organization	General Motors Co.
Source	"Cruise and DoorDash announce partnership to test autonomous deliveries," Business Wire, http://www.businesswire.com/; Ferris, R., "GM Cruise and DoorDash are partnering on autonomous food deliveries", CNBC, http://www.cnbc.com/; Valdes-Dapena, P., "GM and DoorDash to deliver food in self-driving cars", CNN, http://www.cnn.com/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	January 3, 2019

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