7-Eleven, Nuro team up for autonomous delivery in California
The two companies to offer Californian residents in Mount View on-demand delivery using autonomous vehicles.
7‑Eleven is bringing a futuristic innovation to Mountain View, California, customers by piloting autonomous delivery with Nuro, a robotics company transforming local commerce with autonomous vehicles.
In collaboration with Nuro, 7‑Eleven is launching the first autonomous commercial delivery in the state of California, enabling its customers in the service area to order through the 7NOW delivery app to have their products delivered via bot.
“Our first foray into autonomous delivery was in 2016 when 7‑Eleven became the first retailer in the U.S. to make a drone delivery to a customer’s house. Fast forward to 2021, and we are pushing the boundaries of innovation even further to provide customers with the first commercial autonomous delivery service in California,” said Raghu Mahadevan, 7‑Eleven Chief Digital Officer.
Nuro will begin this delivery service with its autonomous Priuses and later introduce R2 bots, the company’s autonomous robots that are custom-built to transport products and goods without any occupants in the vehicle.
“Residents in the state of California – a major hub of innovation – have never been able to experience the commercial delivery of goods by an autonomous vehicle. Nuro is teaming up with 7‑Eleven to change that,” said Jiajun Zhu, Nuro CEO and Co-Founder.
Introduced in late 2017, 7NOW Delivery is available throughout the U.S. and offers real-time tracking that lets customers know when to expect their orders, typically in 30 minutes.
