https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/09/ford-partners-with-postmates-on-self-driving-delivery-pilot/

Ford has a new partner for its autonomous vehicle program: Postmates. The on-demand delivery service provider is working with the automaker through its self-driving vehicle platform, in a similar way to existing partner Domino’s Pizza. Postmates is the first on-demand delivery app to work with Ford in this capacity, and will test with the platform this year, including in a pilot in a new city to be announced later by Ford where it will test and eventually launch a self-driving vehicle fleet.

Ford’s Jim Varley, EVP and President of Global Markets, announced the news during the automaker’s keynote address at CES 2018 in Las Vegas. In a blog post, Ford VP of autonomous vehicles and electrification Sherif Marakby also revealed that part of the motivation behind the partnership is to help find ways to drive benefits for small businesses who might otherwise find it hard to compete with larger operations with their own delivery mechanisms.