Mobility

Walmart is kickstarting a $1 trillion driverless delivery market

Walmart robobvan
Ford delivery vans are outfitted with self-driving technology developed by Gatik, a Silicon Valley startup charged with a trial run aimed at cutting Walmart’s middle-mile shipping costs in half. (Bloomberg/Photographer: Matthew Boyle/Bloo)
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KEITH NAUGHTON
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MATTHEW BOYLE
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June 19, 2019 02:02 PM

Walmart Inc. came to dominate retailing through its mastery of logistics — the complicated choreography of getting goods from farm or factory to the consumer. But even the world’s biggest store doesn’t make money selling its wares online in the U.S., largely due to runaway shipping costs.

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