Amazon delivers goods to the trunk of the car Announcement of new service that can notify you of absence and goodbye

It was announced that the test of a new home delivery method that commodities purchased at Amazon will be delivered to the trunk of his car, not at home, will start from May 2015.

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It is Amazon.de (Amazon Germany) that develops a service in Germany to start testing the delivery method. Amazon in Germany realized this service by partnering with automaker Audi and transport company DHL and Amazon users riding in Audi will ship goods purchased to the trunk of their car rather than at home It can be specified as a company.

For this service, Amazon users who wish to deliver goods to their Audi trunk prescribe the parking area of ​​the car in the online map in advance and the time zone you want it to deliver. DHL delivery staff who received instructions of trunk delivery rely on the online map to locate the designated car, open only the lock of the car's trunk, open the trunk with the electronic master key, deliver the goods, delivery Locking the trunk is completed when it is completed.


In other words, Amazon users on Audi by means of this trunk delivery service can make their cars mobile home delivery lockers, seeing out of office notifications after returning home, handling re-delivery of items that could not be received That means that you will be able to get items even on the go. In addition, Amazon Germany plans to offer this trunk delivery service to paid members of all Amazon prime when officially releasing it.

Amazon Germany is planning to start testing only for some users in the Munich area in order to identify and solve issues such as security, and in the future it is not limited to Audi vehicles and even cars from other manufacturers Under consideration to be available. Also, in the future it is planned to provide services in countries other than Germany.

The same service concept can also be confirmed in the following article.

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