Handing over a piping hot meal at exactly the time promised, Chinese food delivery driver Zhuang Zhenhua triumphantly tapped his job as complete through the Meituan app — and was immediately fined half of his earnings. A glitch meant it inaccurately registered him as being late and he incurred an automatic penalty — one of …
FILE PHOTO: Yandex.Rover, a driverless robot for delivering hot restaurant meals, is seen at a business district in Moscow, Russia December 10, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo April 16, 2021 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian internet giant Yandex is set to launch its online grocery delivery in Paris in the second quarter of this year, the company …
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A computer rendering of an automated electric delivery vehicle, the Udelv Transporter, that will have a self-driving system developed by Intel’s Mobileye. Robar PR/Handout via REUTERS April 12, 2021 By Paul Lienert (Reuters) – Intel Corp’s Mobileye has teamed with four-year-old Silicon Valley startup Udelv in an effort to put automated electric delivery vehicles into …
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A man stands next to a fully-electric test van, due to go into production in 2022, built by electric van and bus maker Arrival Ltd, that has seen a spike in interest due to soaring e-commerce amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and looming fossil-fuel vehicle bans, in Banbury, Britain, February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Carey …
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FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) logo is pictured on a mail box in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri March 10, 2021 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of 17 U.S. House of Representatives Democrats introduced legislation on Monday to provide $6 …
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WASHINGTON—A group of 17 U.S. House Democrats on Monday are introducing legislation on Monday that would award $6 billion to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to buy tens of thousands of additional electric delivery vehicles. The bill sponsored by Representative Jared Huffman and seen by Reuters would require at least 75 percent of the new …
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FILE PHOTO: An Uber pick-up location is pictured in San Diego, California, California, September 30. 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo February 11, 2021 By Tina Bellon and Akanksha Rana NEW YORK (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday posted a narrower loss as its ride-hail and delivery businesses rebounded slightly from pandemic lows, and the company …
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FILE PHOTO: An Amazon Prime van during a press conference announcing Amazon.com’s new program to help entrepreneurs build businesses delivering Amazon packages, including $1 million to fund startup costs for military veterans, at an event space in Seattle, Washington, U.S., June 27, 2018. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson February 4, 2021 (Reuters) – Amazon.com has revealed plans to …
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Despite restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19, thousands crowd Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 1:10 PM PT – Sunday, January 31, 2021 Restaurants in Rio de Janeiro started delivering food in order to keep their businesses alive amid the pandemic. Local business owners …
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FILE PHOTO: An Uber Eats worker, wearing a protective mask, checks his mobile phone, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Mexico City, Mexico March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf/File Photo January 25, 2021 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Delivery apps Uber Eats and Rappi have temporarily reduced their fees for restaurants in Mexico, the companies …
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