--- title: Audi Wants to Deliver Amazon Packages to Your Car description: Couriers would track your car with GPS and open the trunk with a one-time access code canonical: https://time.com/3832703/audi-deliver-amazon/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-23T12:46:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:36:43.651Z article:section: Politics og:title: This carmaker wants to deliver Amazon packages to your car og:description: Couriers would track your car with GPS and open the trunk with a one-time access code og:url: https://time.com/3832703/audi-deliver-amazon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This carmaker wants to deliver Amazon packages to your car twitter:description: Couriers would track your car with GPS and open the trunk with a one-time access code twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Audi Wants to Deliver Amazon Packages to Your Car by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Apr 23, 2015 12:46 PM UTC by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Apr 23, 2015 12:46 PM UTC Is it a car, or a mobile mailbox? One car manufacturer wants to make it both. The German carmaker Audi said Wednesday it will begin testing a delivery system in Munich that will allow people to order products from Amazon and have them delivered to the trunk of their car. The idea is to make it easy for people to receive packages when they’re not at home. An Audi spokesman told the [New York _Times_ ](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/business/international/audi-to-test-plan-to-deliver-amazon-packages-to-drivers-trunks.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=none&state=standard&contentPlacement=19&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2015%2F04%2F23%2Fbusiness%2Finternational%2Faudi-to-test-plan-to-deliver-amazon-packages-to-drivers-trunks.html&eventName=Watching-article-click&%5Fr=0)that the pilot project would be the first auto delivery system involving an online retailer. Volvo has already tested package delivery to cars and will roll out the service soon in Sweden. The Audi service would involve the German package delivery company DHL, who would send a delivery worker to a GPS-tracked car and open the trunk using a one-time, temporary-use code and deposit a package. The technology would have to be installed in your car, and would come with all new vehicles. \[[_NYT_](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/business/international/audi-to-test-plan-to-deliver-amazon-packages-to-drivers-trunks.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=none&state=standard&contentPlacement=19&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2015%2F04%2F23%2Fbusiness%2Finternational%2Faudi-to-test-plan-to-deliver-amazon-packages-to-drivers-trunks.html&eventName=Watching-article-click&%5Fr=0)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3832703/audi-deliver-amazon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3832703/audi-deliver-amazon/"},"headline":"Audi Wants to Deliver Amazon Packages to Your Car","datePublished":"2015-04-23T12:46:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:36:43.651Z","description":"Couriers would track your car with GPS and open the trunk with a one-time access code","url":"https://time.com/3832703/audi-deliver-amazon/","keywords":["Automobiles","Innovation","Audi","Automotive"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/automobiles/","name":"Automobiles"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3832703/audi-deliver-amazon/","name":"Audi Wants to Deliver Amazon Packages to Your Car"}}]}] ```