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  • UPS reveals it has been testing self-driving tractor-trailers

    UPS announced its venture capital arm, UPS Ventures, is investing in autonomous driving company TuSimple and testing self-driving tractor-trailers.

    The tests of self-driving trucks started in May on a route between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, with a driver and engineer in the vehicle, according to the news release.

    The company said in a Thursday news release it wants to better understand what would be required for autonomous trucking in its network at a level where "the vehicle's onboard computer is in complete control at all times, eliminating manual intervention."
    https://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending-...lers/977175266

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    Re: UPS reveals it has been testing self-driving tractor-trailers

    In reference to the above post.

    UPS Invests in TuSimple to Pursue Self-Driving Trucks
    UPS Inc. announced its venture capital arm, UPS Ventures, has made a minority investment in autonomous driving company TuSimple to test self-driving tractor-trailers on a route in Arizona to determine whether the vehicles can improve service and efficiency in the UPS network.
    The amount of the investment was not disclosed.
    UPS contracts with third-party trucking companies during its peak shipping season. TuSimple believes it could cut average purchased transportation costs by 30%.
    https://www.ttnews.com/articles/ups-...driving-trucks

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    • #3
      Re: UPS reveals it has been testing self-driving tractor-trailers

      And now they will test self-driving vans for delivery's or shuttles.

      UPS inks electric van deal with Arrival, to test Waymo automation
      United Parcel Service Inc said on Wednesday it was ordering 10,000 electric delivery trucks from UK-based Arrival Ltd and teaming with self-driving startup Waymo as package carriers work to cut costs and tailpipe pollution.
      UPS said a six-month test run with Waymo, the self-driving unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc, would start next month. UPS will pay Waymo to use autonomous Chrysler Pacifica minivans to shuttle packages from Phoenix UPS stores to a nearby sorting center several times a day, starting with one route.
      Perez said the Waymo test would not replace the driver on the affected route. That driver will still make the scheduled daily UPS Store stop.
      https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN1ZS2ZC

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      • #4
        Re: UPS reveals it has been testing self-driving tractor-trailers

        Originally posted by fxstc07 View Post
        And now they will test self-driving vans for delivery's or shuttles.

        UPS inks electric van deal with Arrival, to test Waymo automation




        https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN1ZS2ZC
        This is just nuts!

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        • #5
          Re: UPS reveals it has been testing self-driving tractor-trailers

          In some cases we are our own worst enemies when it comes to things like this. I’m not saying we the drivers but the technology advancing is taking away from the actual working people. As it stands now those trucks will still need drivers in the vehicles while going down the road but we all know the pay will go down. These trucks will still need drivers in the city to deliver and unload but that will probably change in the future.

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          • #6
            Re: UPS reveals it has been testing self-driving tractor-trailers

            Originally posted by tiredseat View Post
            In some cases we are our own worst enemies when it comes to things like this. I’m not saying we the drivers but the technology advancing is taking away from the actual working people. As it stands now those trucks will still need drivers in the vehicles while going down the road but we all know the pay will go down. These trucks will still need drivers in the city to deliver and unload but that will probably change in the future.
            I'm not liking it at all.
            Long time, no see, Mr. Tired seat.
            Good to see you.

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            • #7
              Re: UPS reveals it has been testing self-driving tractor-trailers

              Originally posted by tiredseat View Post
              In some cases we are our own worst enemies when it comes to things like this. I’m not saying we the drivers but the technology advancing is taking away from the actual working people. As it stands now those trucks will still need drivers in the vehicles while going down the road but we all know the pay will go down. These trucks will still need drivers in the city to deliver and unload but that will probably change in the future.
              Welcome back!

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              • #8
                Re: UPS reveals it has been testing self-driving tractor-trailers

                The union stood up and kept the Mexican trucks out. They should put some heavy brakes on this stuff to slow it down also.
                This is another benefit the industries have over us by making it so we are only organized by company. Somehow, someway, imo, we should be throughput all businesses like the right to work scabs are throughput all businesses....another way to membership without majority votes in particular companies needs to be thought up or established.....it may be too late for unions already....but membership by company doesn't seem to have worked. .....even if we stopped pur companies....the others would do it and sink our companies...constant weakening with the system we have had.

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                • #9
                  Re: UPS reveals it has been testing self-driving tractor-trailers

                  UPS Testing Electric/Autonomous Yard Tractors in England

                  https://www.truckinginfo.com/353262/...ors-in-england

                  UPS has begun testing the suitability and durability of Gaussin electric vehicles, which also have autonomous driving capability, to move semi-trailers and containers on the grounds of UPS’s advanced-technology London, England, freight hub, the company announced on March 11.

                  During the initial phase of the test, UPS will operate the terminal tractors, also known as shifters, with drivers in the cabs to evaluate vehicle operations and the efficiencies they generate. Later this year, UPS will progress to the next phase of operation, initiating autonomous driving operations.

                  “These tests are part of a major UPS effort to integrate electric vehicles throughout our global network. Gaussin’s shifters will help cut our fuel costs and reduce emissions,” said Juan Perez, UPS chief information and engineering officer. “We’re also eager to test the shifters in autonomous driving mode. This is a great opportunity for us to evaluate technologies on our own property.”

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                  • #10
                    Re: UPS reveals it has been testing self-driving tractor-trailers

                    That's great. Nobody will need any UPS deliveries when they have no jobs.
                    Unless the robots start buying stuff with their paychecks.....oh, that's right....theyre brining the robots so they don't have to write paychecks.

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                    • #11
                      Re: UPS reveals it has been testing self-driving tractor-trailers

                      And if anyone was wondering how the air lines get hooked up check the video out. It is from a different startup but I'm sure the idea is the same.

                      https://www.ttnews.com/articles/outr...te-truck-yards

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                      • #12
                        Re: UPS reveals it has been testing self-driving tractor-trailers

                        Originally posted by RedRollingRoadblock View Post
                        And if anyone was wondering how the air lines get hooked up check the video out. It is from a different startup but I'm sure the idea is the same.

                        https://www.ttnews.com/articles/outr...te-truck-yards
                        Alot of scary stuff for transportation workers in there... In the links to different related stories Governments, companies, colleges, investors all in the mix....
                        Eventually their will be no drivers and no driving jobs.
                        A decent paying job for the many uneducated will be gone.
                        Doesn't seem like a good idea to me at all.
                        We've lost jobs to other nations...and now to robots....all about investors.
                        Yes...new technology is so neat and special.....but to me, the new high-tech toys for the wealthy to get rich off of...is not worth the damage it will do to the uneducated in the nation.....and to me, education is not the answer....because many just won't become educated. That is reality....some will take to the education, but most will not....its just human nature.

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