Delivery company DoorDash wants to roll out robots on New Mexico roads

By: Patrick Lohmann

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: July 15, 2026

Words: 610

Last Updated: 4 days, 9 hours ago

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The online grocery delivery company DoorDash is seeking the New Mexico Legislature’s sign-off on the deployment of small, autonomous food delivery vehicles — aka robots — to operate on local roads.

Company leaders pitched a legislative committee Tuesday on creating a new state law, potentially in the upcoming legislative session starting in January, that would enable self-driving “personal delivery devices” to legally operate in the state. DoorDash currently enables human “dashers” to earn money …

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