Amazon is exploring what role autonomous-vehicle technology could have in its business, the Wall Street Journal reported today (paywall). The research is still in an early, exploratory phase, the Journal said, but hints at a larger plan of Amazon and its CEO Jeff Bezos: to own the delivery and logistics chain for its packages, and make it as efficient as possible.

Source: Amazon’s plan to dominate the shipping industry with drones, robots, self-driving vehicles, is taking shape (AMZN) — Quartz