On Tuesday, Walmart announced that next year it will kick-start a new pilot of electric-powered self-driving cars with Cruise, that’s a majority-owned subsidiary of General Motors.
While the retail giant did not disclose terms of the deal, it did say that customers who live near the pilot in Scottsdale, Arizona can place an order from their local store and have it delivered by one of Cruise’s vehicles.
Tom Ward, senior vice president of customer product for Walmart U.S also mentioned that the electric car project will help Walmart achieve its goals of delivering items to customers quickly, and to reach the company’s target of zero emissions by 2040.