Amazon team is researching self-driving tech but no plans for autonomous fleet: report

Amazon may use driverless cars to help expedite deliveries. Elizabeth Keatinge (@elizkeatinge) has more. SAN FRANCISCO -- Amazon has a team studying the ramifications of self-driving car technology on its business, although at present the online retailing giant does not have plans to build a fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles. The team consists of a dozen employees and was formed more than a year ago, according to a Wall Street Journalreport Monday citing individuals briefed on the matter. The group amounts to an in-house think tank charged with studying how a range of fast-paced developments in the self-driving field can be applied to its vast shipping needs.