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title: "General Motors, DoorDash to Partner for Autonomous Food Deliveries"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/5e2d1be1-0779-465b-8b19-4935493d6ffb
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/general-motors-doordash-to-partner-for-autonomous-food-deliveries-2708788
category: "Technology"
topics: ["Technology"]
published: 2019-01-04T18:13:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:40:56.565Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/ec5ef6b9a7bf65797a10415279dd73782024.jpg
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# General Motors, DoorDash to Partner for Autonomous Food Deliveries

**TL;DR:** General Motors and DoorDash are partnering to test autonomous food deliveries in the San Francisco area. The program will feature General Motors' self-driving unit Cruise.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-01-04. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/general-motors-doordash-to-partner-for-autonomous-food-deliveries-2708788).*

## Story

General Motors and DoorDash will partner to test autonomous meal and grocery deliveries in early 2019, according to a CNBC report .

The program will focus on the San Francisco area at first and feature the General Motors self-driving unit Cruise, according to the article.

"Delivery is a significant opportunity for Cruise as we prepare to commercialize our autonomous vehicle technology and transform transportation," Cruise CEO Dan Ammann said in a statement, according to the article. "Partnering with DoorDash will provide us with critical learnings as we further our mission to deliver technology that makes people's lives better and more convenient."

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- partnership (topic)
- DoorDash (company)
- food delivery (topic)
- San Francisco, California (location)
- General Motors (company)
- autonomous deliveries (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/general-motors-doordash-to-partner-for-autonomous-food-deliveries-2708788). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/5e2d1be1-0779-465b-8b19-4935493d6ffb).