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Freightliner Just Revealed The First Real Road-Legal Autonomous Big Rig
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<blockquote data-quote="worldwide" data-source="post: 2245284" data-attributes="member: 2193"><p>I would guess that UPS is not going to go with fully autonomous vehicles at first due to liability reasons. But I can see them taking incremental steps towards that goal. There are already technologies out there that will allow tractor trailers to "draft" off each other to save fuel. Given the amount of money UPS spends on fuel, this technology looks to be the most promising initially.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://peloton-tech.com/" target="_blank">Home - Peloton Technology</a></p><p></p><p>Note: UPS is an investor in Peloton so if they are putting money into this, chances are good it's going to be used in the UPS fleet at some point.</p><p></p><p>First step is getting the feeders to "talk" to one another and to have a connected fleet. While that is happening, the public and government can debate the fully autonomous vehicles. The day will come when there are driverless vehicles on the road - the question is when. It was not that long ago that a pilotless aircraft was thought to be impossible but look at all the drones flying combat missions. Those aircraft will only get bigger, more capable and more effective over time. The same will happen with cars & trucks over time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="worldwide, post: 2245284, member: 2193"] I would guess that UPS is not going to go with fully autonomous vehicles at first due to liability reasons. But I can see them taking incremental steps towards that goal. There are already technologies out there that will allow tractor trailers to "draft" off each other to save fuel. Given the amount of money UPS spends on fuel, this technology looks to be the most promising initially. [URL="http://peloton-tech.com/"]Home - Peloton Technology[/URL] Note: UPS is an investor in Peloton so if they are putting money into this, chances are good it's going to be used in the UPS fleet at some point. First step is getting the feeders to "talk" to one another and to have a connected fleet. While that is happening, the public and government can debate the fully autonomous vehicles. The day will come when there are driverless vehicles on the road - the question is when. It was not that long ago that a pilotless aircraft was thought to be impossible but look at all the drones flying combat missions. Those aircraft will only get bigger, more capable and more effective over time. The same will happen with cars & trucks over time. [/QUOTE]
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