From The Verge: Amazon wants to get inside your car. Last year, the e-commerce giant launched a new service that allowed customers to have packages delivered to the trunks of their vehicles. To start out, only General Motors and Volvo vehicles were eligible. Today, that service has been expanded to include 2017 model year and newer Ford and Lincoln vehicles.
There are a few caveats: the service is limited to 50 US cities, and the vehicles must come equipped with a modem that allows them to connect to Ford’s connected car cloud services, FordPass Connect and Lincoln Connect. Only Amazon Prime subscribers are eligible. Packages that weigh over 50 pounds, are larger than 26 x 21 x 16 inches in size, require a signature, are valued over $1,300, or come from a third-party seller also are not eligible for in-car delivery.
“I think this is a great opportunity for Ford to offer its customers one more service and a little bit of a value on why [they] have a connected vehicle,” said Lorin Kennedy, who works on product marketing at Ford.
Setting up the service requires signing up for both Amazon Key and FordPass or Lincoln Way, authorizing in-car deliveries, and then connecting the accounts. You’ll also need to add your Ford car to your Amazon Key app and include a description of the vehicle, so Amazon’s couriers will be able to locate it. The car will need to be parked within a certain radius of an address used for Amazon deliveries, so either home or work. Driveways, parking lots, parking garages, and street parking are all eligible locations, as long as it’s not at some random address across town.
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