A Florida-based autonomous mobility technologies provider called Beep has announced an exclusive dealer arrangement for the state of Florida with Navya. Beep and Navya have also announced a development partnership for shared mobility and autonomous vehicle research, which will result in Beep leading the testing and pilot deployments of Navya’s driverless and fully electric AUTONOM Shuttle in Florida. Beep is working with Lake Nona—a smart community within the City of Orlando and Orange County where the company is headquartered— to bring the first autonomous shuttles to Central Florida. Service is expected to begin this spring.

Beginning this spring, a neighborhood grocer called Stop & Shop will utilize driverless grocery vehicles from Robomart to give consumers in the Greater Boston area the opportunity to shop right from their doorsteps. ​The vehicles will be used to bring a selection of Stop & Shop's produce, as well as meal kits and convenience items, directly to consumers, in an effort to address their desires to select their own fresh produce when shopping online or using a mobile app, while also delivering an even more convenient grocery shopping experience for Stop & Shop customers in the Boston area. The vehicles will also provide the potential for Stop & Shop to expand beyond its existing brick-and-mortar footprint.

Japan's largest airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) has begun the second stage of testing for an autonomous, driverless bus at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. In collaboration with several companies, ANA began testing the autonomous bus on Tuesday, Jan. 15, in a series of trials scheduled to run through Jan 25. During the trials, the bus will operate autonomously, but a human driver will be present to take over if necessary (Level 3 automation). The vehicle will be limited to the restricted area of Haneda Airport where aircraft and cargo vehicles are located. ANA says that if the trials are successful, it will seek to implement the driverless bus technology into the airport by next year.

Walmart has announced a new pilot project with Udelv to test autonomous vehicle technology in Surprise, Arizona. During the pilot, fresh groceries hand-picked by Walmart’s personal shoppers will be delivered to customers by Udelv, using a cargo van custom-made to deliver the items. “We’re still learning – it’s a pilot – but, we want to make sure we stay on the cutting edge of grocery delivery by exploring what’s new and next,” Walmart says. ​In addition to its pilot with Walmart, Udelv also debuted the latest model of its self-driving delivery vans—featuring new state of-the-art technology—this week during CES 2019.