JD.com's self-developed drones are pictured in Suqian city of East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

While the company's self-developed drones have already been used in rural areas for "last mile" distributions, the driverless cars that can deliver goods to designated pickup spots will have their first trial operation in areas near the company's headquarters in Beijing this November, according to a report by lanjingtmt.com.