Takeaway meals to be delivered by self-driving vans in Miami

Takeaway meals and coffees could soon be sent to your home by self-driving vehicles in a shift that may spell the death of the delivery driver. Ford is trialling a delivery service in Miami using vans fitted with touchpad-activated storage lockers. Users are guided to the right locker via lights and speakers on the vehicle and access their food using a special code, meaning there is no need to collect it from a driver. Although the vans are currently driven by humans, Ford said the current trial is a key step toward its goal of deploying a fully self-driving delivery service by 2021. Takeaway meals and coffees could soon be sent to your home by self-driving vehicles in a shift that may spell the death of the delivery driver. 'Ultimately, we are testing how businesses and consumers interact with a self-driving vehicle,' Ford wrote in a blog post.