Grocery Delivery, With No Human Drivers, Is Underway

Grocery Delivery, With No Human Drivers, Is Underway
Customers shop at a Target store on Dec. 13, 2017 in Chicago, Ill. Scott Olson/Getty Images
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The nation’s largest grocery chain is leaping into the driverless delivery market, announcing Dec. 18 that it is now ready to bring milk, eggs and apples to some customers’ homes in a vehicle with nobody at the wheel.

Although limited to delivering within about a mile of one Arizona supermarket, it represents the latest step for industries trying to lower delivery costs of everyday items as well as those trying to launch self-driving cars on public roads.