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 Expanding on a feature that grants Amazon access to our homes, the retail juggernaut is now adding a service to its growing portfolio where customers would allow the retailer access to their cars for the purpose of delivering items ordered from their site.
Instead of playing a guessing game over the likelihood of your packages being stolen from your front porch or letting an Amazon delivery person into your home (only so that they can judge the number of dying plants or old pizza boxes in your possession), customers can now receive delivery in their parked cars.
Customers need only place an order, confirming that their vehicle is parked within a delivery location that is also publicly accessible, and expect delivery to occur during an estimated four-hour delivery window.
“We were really happy with the response to in-home delivery,” said Peter Larsen, vice president of delivery technology at Amazon. “What we wanted to do — and it was part of the plan all along — is how we take that beyond the home.”
For now, the service is only available in 37 select cities and to customers with 2015 or newer model cars from brands such as Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Chevrolet and Volvo because their connectivity settings allow these cars to be remotely unlocked. Likewise, customers also need to have an OnStar or Volvo On Call account.
Amazon expects to expand the service in the future to include other automobile manufacturers.
And while the feature sounds convenient, it is likely one that will be lost on me as I generally tend to forget where I’ve parked my vehicle (I’m drawing a blank as we speak).
I do not need Amazon to know that I often forget where I’ve parked my car on top of their already knowing that I’ve ordered the Mama Mia soundtrack…twice.
Would you use this feature?
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