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<blockquote data-quote="FAVREFAN" data-source="post: 2421180" data-attributes="member: 13078"><p>Nice one, lol. Musk has to be the coolest, down to earth genius of all time.</p><p> </p><p>Very conveniently for this thread, for anyone who is interested in learning just how <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> in your pants close this is to happening.........head over to Tesla.com and check out Wednesday's announcement of Enhanced Autopilot and even way more exciting.......Full Autonomy equipment in all their models starting now. The hardware is now onboard all their models. Model S, Model X and the 2017-2018 Model III. The software will be turned on once they get government approval which is pending. 8 cameras, 12 sensors. 40X the computing power of the original Autopilot which has proved to be 200% safer than humans in it's Beta form. Massive redundancy in the new system. </p><p>I'm not going to sit here and try to convince the Luddites on this forum. Those in the know, who follow tech, are prepared for what is coming now, not 100 years from now. </p><p>I would say as far as UPS goes, Feeder guys have a bit more to worry about at this point than package car guys. And in that case, I'd say guys just starting out now. Anyone with a significant amount of time in will be safe as this tech will be slowly grandfathered in over time. Remember, Tesla is years ahead of their competition. And they aren't making semi trucks yet. But many truck manufacturers are developing fully autonomous trucks and a few have had finished prototypes testing for the past 1-2 years. Imagine, no pensions, no comp, no vacations, no down time, no weekends off, no holidays, etc...etc.......massive profits for the company to make. Is what it is. The economic benefits are endless with this tech from a company standpoint.</p><p></p><p>Package car guys need to worry a bit more about Amazon and its drone programs than autonomous vehicles at this point.</p><p>Once Amazon starts delivering our packages for our customers for pennies on the dollar using their drone network, it's going to first cut into new hires for package car but then job cuts down the road. </p><p>Of coarse at this point, we are only talking about packages that are 0-15 lbs within 15 miles of an Amazon Dist Ctr.</p><p>But that's a lot. And by the way, 85% of Amazon's shipments are under 15 lbs. Losing Amazons shipments is a small worry compared to what happens when they start delivering what used to be our packages for our customers. </p><p></p><p>There is a great level of excitement in all of this and a level of sadness as well. Humanity marches on, for better or worse. We must be prepared.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FAVREFAN, post: 2421180, member: 13078"] Nice one, lol. Musk has to be the coolest, down to earth genius of all time. Very conveniently for this thread, for anyone who is interested in learning just how :censored: in your pants close this is to happening.........head over to Tesla.com and check out Wednesday's announcement of Enhanced Autopilot and even way more exciting.......Full Autonomy equipment in all their models starting now. The hardware is now onboard all their models. Model S, Model X and the 2017-2018 Model III. The software will be turned on once they get government approval which is pending. 8 cameras, 12 sensors. 40X the computing power of the original Autopilot which has proved to be 200% safer than humans in it's Beta form. Massive redundancy in the new system. I'm not going to sit here and try to convince the Luddites on this forum. Those in the know, who follow tech, are prepared for what is coming now, not 100 years from now. I would say as far as UPS goes, Feeder guys have a bit more to worry about at this point than package car guys. And in that case, I'd say guys just starting out now. Anyone with a significant amount of time in will be safe as this tech will be slowly grandfathered in over time. Remember, Tesla is years ahead of their competition. And they aren't making semi trucks yet. But many truck manufacturers are developing fully autonomous trucks and a few have had finished prototypes testing for the past 1-2 years. Imagine, no pensions, no comp, no vacations, no down time, no weekends off, no holidays, etc...etc.......massive profits for the company to make. Is what it is. The economic benefits are endless with this tech from a company standpoint. Package car guys need to worry a bit more about Amazon and its drone programs than autonomous vehicles at this point. Once Amazon starts delivering our packages for our customers for pennies on the dollar using their drone network, it's going to first cut into new hires for package car but then job cuts down the road. Of coarse at this point, we are only talking about packages that are 0-15 lbs within 15 miles of an Amazon Dist Ctr. But that's a lot. And by the way, 85% of Amazon's shipments are under 15 lbs. Losing Amazons shipments is a small worry compared to what happens when they start delivering what used to be our packages for our customers. There is a great level of excitement in all of this and a level of sadness as well. Humanity marches on, for better or worse. We must be prepared. [/QUOTE]
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