INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Nuro, an autonomous vehicle startup focused on local deliveries, has partnered with 135-year-old grocery retailer Kroger to offer same-day
intent is to use its self-driving technology in the last mile for the delivery of local goods and services
That could be things like groceries, dry cleaning, an item you left at a friends house or really anything within city limits that can fit
Nuro has two compartments that can fit up to six grocery bags each.When it came to going to market, Nuro CEO Dave Ferguson told me groceries
were most exciting to him
will be looking to see how accurate its estimated delivery times are, how the public reacts to the vehicles and how regular, basic cars
interact with self-driving ones.The pilot will be live in just one market, but Kroger has 2,800 stores nationwide so Nuro sees the
partnership as an opportunity to reach the vast majority of America
Kroger already offers same-day delivery to 75 percent of its customers
Currently, Kroger customers expect the grocery delivery drivers to bring their items to their front door
