Autonomous Vehicle Engineering - November 2022 - 6

Cover Story
Going the Last Mile
by Lindsay Brooke
Magna's full-vehicle expertise, systems savvy, and start-up mindset
are opening new mobility markets - with extra pepperoni.
Pizza is a subject that puts a smile on most faces,
but for Matteo Del Sorbo, the delight extends far
beyond the actual pie.
" We're having a lot of fun with this program! "
exclaimed Del Sorbo, the executive VP at Magna
International and global lead for the Tier 1's New
Mobility enterprise, in an interview with SAE Media.
" It's demonstrating our ability to innovate and move
fast. And it's opening another new market that we very
much want to play in. "
That market is end-to-end " last-mile " delivery
services, a subset of the fast-growing micro-mobility
transportation sector. For their entrée into the last-mile
fray, Magna engineers developed a compact, autonomous
three-wheeled electric vehicle - a " 'bot " - and
its full software stack, purpose-built for urban delivery
service on public roads. Pizza and related fare were the
cargo of choice for the boxy little 'bot's first iteration.
One pilot vehicle, equipped with a Magnadeveloped
low-speed (up to 20 mph/32 km/h) autonomous-piloting
system and delivery software, has been
in regular service by Brooklyn Pizza, in Birmingham,
Michigan, since March 2022. The vehicle's operational
design domain (ODD) is within a geofenced 8-mile
(21-km2
) radius. Sam Abdelfatah, the pizza shop's
owner, is anxious to put a second 'bot into service.
Speaking with SAE Media, he praised the AV's
functionality and reliability, ensuring the pies are hot
and the drinks cold upon arrival. In fact, Abdelfatah
claims that the 'bot-delivered pies arrive hotter than
those delivered in a traditional pizza-delivery bag.
As of early October, the Brooklyn 'bot had delivered
hundreds of pizzas in single-customer runs, rather
than optimal multiple deliveries per run that will come
6 November 2022
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