PHARMACY home delivery services are set to be revolutionised with a California-based pharmacy startup, NowRx, teaming up with Hyundai Motor Group, to pilot new technology.
The partnership will provide deliveries using automated logistics services that could one day see self-driving vehicles dropping off medicines to patients' homes, DC Velocity reports.
NowRx CEO, Cary Breese, said a shift to autonomous vehicles was part of the business's "long-term strategic vision... to further reduce delivery costs at scale".
"We can't imagine a better company to work with than the [Hyundai] Group, which has demonstrated substantial leadership in the autonomous vehicle, and other robotics and automation areas," Breese said.
As part of the initial pilot, Hyundai is providing modified versions of its Ioniq 5 fully-electric cars, which will not be fully autonomous, requiring drivers to be behind the wheel.
The cars will be used to simulate and gather information on autonomous vehicle delivery.
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