Walmart (WMT), the world’s largest retailer, will quickly start testing contact-free supply with a fleet of all-electric, self-driving automobiles.

Beginning early subsequent 12 months in Scottsdale, Arizona, Walmart will trial supply with Cruise, the one self-driving automobile firm with a fleet of all-electric automobiles.

For the pilot, “Clients can place an order from their native retailer and have it delivered, contact-free, by way of one among Cruise’s all-electric self-driving automobiles. Expertise that has the potential to not solely save prospects money and time but in addition be useful to the planet is expertise we wish to study extra about,” Tom Ward, Walmart’s SVP of Buyer Product, wrote in a weblog submit on Tuesday.

In September, Walmart shared its plans to fight local weather change because it goals to turn into a zero-emission firm throughout its international operations by 2040. A part of that plan consists of electrifying and zeroing out emissions from its automobiles, together with its fleet of long-haul vans.

Julia La Roche is a correspondent for Yahoo Finance. Observe her on Twitter.

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