Some clients like Domino’s Pizza in Michigan may soon see in action the pizza delivery drone car.
Domino’s Pizza and Ford Motor Co. announced Tuesday that they are United in order to test how consumers will respond to the Autonomous pizza delivery vehicle. A number of companies are already interested in the introduction of Autonomous cars into their business model. The last unresolved issue is how to treat the customers?
Ford has promised to create a fully Autonomous vehicle by the year 2021, while Domino’s Pizza hopes to someday replace all of its drivers on the unmanned vehicle. That is why the effort was combined.
«As we expand our understanding of the business opportunities in the context of the use of Autonomous vehicles to move people and goods, we are happy that Domino’s Pizza will join us in this important part of the development process,» said the Sheriff, Marakby, Ford’s Vice President.
Starting Wednesday, randomly selected customers in Ann arbor – the city is home to Autonomous research centre and testing facility – orders will be delivered by one of the Ford Fusion Hybrid Autonomous. The car to be remotely controlled manually by an engineer Ford. Customers will also be able to Express their opinion on the quality and speed of delivery.
Participants in the experiment will receive text messages as you approach an unmanned vehicle with instructions on how to get out your pizza using a unique code.
One of the greatest experiences of the organizers is the reaction of the buyers that the pizza will need to go outside.
