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Ford's 'self-driving' delivery vans bamboozle the public for good reason

Whether or not the car actually drives itself isn't the point.

Andrew Krok
Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media director of a small European-focused garage outside of Chicago. From there, he moved to the editorial side, penning several written features in Total 911 Magazine before becoming a full-time auto writer, first for a local Chicago outlet and then for CNET Cars.
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In a blog post on Medium, Ford said that it has deployed its "self-driving" delivery vehicles to Miami and Miami Beach.

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In conjunction with Postmates, the automaker wants to see how regular Joes and Janes react to a delivery that arrives in an autonomous vehicle, even if the one in question technically isn't.    

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While these Transit Connects might be gussied up to look like self-driving cars, there's actually a trained driver in control the entire time.     

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Folks using Postmates to get something delivered might have the option to have their package arrive by one of Ford's development vehicles.

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When the vehicle arrives, the user gets a text message, at which point they come outside, plug an access code into the side of the vehicle and retrieve their package.

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Audio and visual prompts will help guide the person through the process.

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This whole experiment is about seeing how customers interact with vehicles and not people in the course of parcel delivery.

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Ford already started a similar program in conjunction with Domino's using Fusion sedans in various markets for "autonomous" pizza delivery.

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Ford and other automakers have touted logistics as one of the major ways that self-driving vehicles can be used.

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Keep on scrolling to check out even more pictures of Ford's new "self-driving" delivery vans.

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