&quot;Last mile&quot; delivery may perhaps be done with much smaller, mostly-autonomous vehicles (with remote operators getting involved only when needed).<p>See related article and thread in [1] - article also discusses some startup ideas for mostly-autonomous systems.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11565601" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11565601</a>