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Amazon Wants to Deliver Packages Inside Your Car

posted by chromas on Thursday April 26 2018, @12:02PM   
from the there's-a-steak-in-my-boot! dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

Mentioned previously on SN, Amazon has started direct-to-car deliveries:

Amazon is expanding its in-home delivery service called Key to include deliveries to trunks and back seats of cars. The service is available only to Amazon Prime members in 37 cities who have a 2015 or newer Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac or Volvo with an active OnStar or Volvo On Call account.

Essentially, these are already connected cars that can be remotely unlocked — in this case for package delivery, which Amazon promises within a four-hour window. The shopper has to confirm that they've parked within range of the delivery location — in a publicly accessible area — and can track the progress through the Amazon Key app.

Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/24/605057245/amazon-wants-to-deliver-packages-inside-your-car

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Original Submission

• Re:Insurance? Re:Insurance? (Score: 3, Interesting) by looorg on Thursday April 26 2018, @07:00PM (1 child)

  by looorg (578) on Thursday April 26 2018, @07:00PM (#672265)

  Several valid points. That said if companies won't ship to PO boxes why on earth would they ship (or deliver) to a car?

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• Re:Insurance? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 27 2018, @01:51AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 27 2018, @01:51AM (#672425)

  > if companies won't ship to PO boxes why on earth would they ship (or deliver) to a car?

  Obviously, it's more sportsmanlike to have a moving target.

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