Getting under the hood of Amazon’s auto ambitions

A Reuters analysis of more than 5,000 patents granted to Amazon from December 2016 through May 2019 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office indicates at least 210 of those patents cover transportation-related topics from drones to automated ground vehicles. — (REUTERS)

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DETROIT -- Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its transportation prowess to do virtually everything short of building a car.

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