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Tue. 12/10 – Amazon Autos

Techmeme Ride Home

Brian McCullough

News, Technology, Daily News, Tech News

4.7984 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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You can now buy a car on Amazon. A new AI unicorn doing something with AI I hadn’t heard about before. New AI enhanced smartglasses. Microsoft says it has a new datacenter design that uses zero water. And if you were able to use Sora yesterday, what was that like?

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0:00.0

Welcome to the TechMeme right home for Tuesday, December 10th, 2024. I'm Brian McCullough today.

0:08.5

You can now buy a car on Amazon. A new AI unicorn doing something with AI I hadn't heard about before.

0:14.6

New AI enhanced smart glasses. Microsoft says it has a new data center design that uses zero water.

0:22.1

And if you were able to use SORI yesterday, what was it like? Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

0:33.2

Say hello to Amazon Autos, which lets U.S. users buy a Hyundai with plans to add dealerships and other manufacturers in 2025.

0:42.5

In other words, Amazon is finally breaching the final frontier in retail sales, cars, quoting Wired.

0:49.6

Assuming you want a new Hyundai specifically, you can now buy the car on Amazon.

0:55.3

The Korean automaker is the only manufacturer working with Amazon autos, though Amazon says it will roll out,

1:00.5

pun almost certainly intended, services with additional dealerships and manufacturers in 2025,

1:05.5

end quote. The marketplace lets buyers search nearby Hyundai dealerships for their ideal vehicle configuration,

1:12.9

picking everything from trim to interior features. Shoppers can estimate trade-in values

1:17.5

through Amazon's third-party valuation tool and choose between full payment or financing options,

1:22.9

though rates aren't standardized. The platform streamlines paperwork with e-signatures and lets-buyer's scheduled

1:28.3

dealer pickup while featuring Amazon's signature elements like user reviews and that familiar

1:33.5

add-to-cart button. Yes, you can add a $66,000 Ionic 5 to the same cart as your toilet paper, I guess.

1:42.1

The service comes with limitations, though. No shipping.

1:44.9

Dealership pickup is required.

1:47.0

New Hyundai's only.

1:48.4

No used inventory yet.

1:50.4

And availability restricted to 48 states, which excludes Alaska and Hawaii.

1:55.2

Amazon isn't actually selling the cars directly.

1:57.8

They're facilitating deals between buyers and dealerships,

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