Waymo is teaming up with Uber on autonomous trucking

[Mike]

Waymo and Uber, former legal foes and bitter rivals in the autonomous vehicle space, are teaming up to speed up the adoption of driverless trucks. Waymo is integrating Uber Freight, the ride-hail company’s truck brokerage, into the technology that powers its autonomous big rigs.

This “long-term strategic partnership” will enable fleet owners to more quickly deploy trucks equipped with Waymo’s autonomous “driver” for on-demand delivery routes offered by Uber Freight, the companies said.

Waymo describes the team-up as a “deep integration” of each company’s products, including a jointly developed “product roadmap” to outline how autonomous trucks will get deployed on Uber’s network once they are commercial ready. Until then, Waymo says it will use Uber Freight with its own test fleet to better understand how driverless trucks will receive and accept delivery orders.

Waymo is teaming up with Uber on autonomous trucking because time really heals all wounds

Waymo sued Uber in 2017.

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[Mike]

Tu-Simple is doing this with their own freight network, Waymo is getting into the mix now with Uber Freights freight network. Tu-Simple is already moving freight, looks like Waymo is set to start up immediately with their test fleet until they are ready to go full speed.

I'll sit back now while y'all tell me how this is never going to work

 

[Electric Chicken]

It's never going to work. Because things and stuff.

 

[Mike]

It's never going to work. Because things and stuff.

I can remember the denial state of the ELD, LOL. It came right after the ignore it and laugh at it stage. It was followed by the "im going to quit trucking" stage, followed by the try to avoid it stage, followed by the acceptance stage....

 

[Electric Chicken]

I can remember the denial state of the ELD, LOL. It came right after the ignore it and laugh at it stage. It was followed by the "im going to quit trucking" stage, followed by the try to avoid it stage, followed by the acceptance stage....

I'm still in denial. It's not just a dive bar in Pakistan, you know.

 

[389 Hood]

I'd still much rather have paper logs. I just hate electronics that hinder more than help.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I'd still much rather have paper logs. I just hate electronics that hinder more than help.

If I have to record my RoDS anyway, I'd rather push buttons.

Having said that, JJ Keller is an irritating pile of crap while Motiv/KeepTruckin is actually decent.

A good ELD system is no big deal while a bad one makes you question your life choices.

 

[Mike]

Speaking of Waymo

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[389 Hood]

If I have to record my RoDS anyway, I'd rather push buttons.

Having said that, JJ Keller is an irritating pile of crap while Motiv/KeepTruckin is actually decent.

A good ELD system is no big deal while a bad one makes you question your life choices.

I'm stuck with Omnitracs, need I say more? What a complete technological joke they are.

 

[Spread Eagle]

I just don’t believe this so called driver less cars will ever happen. At least not in my lifetime.

Example.. I took a friend to the airport recently and the roads were under construction and there were dividers and orange barrels everywhere. There were cops directing traffic using their hands to tell this lane to stop and then waving you through. It got me thinking how would a driverless car be able to react to the cops directing traffic?

 

[Rigjockey]

I just don’t believe this so called driver less cars will ever happen. At least not in my lifetime.

Example.. I took a friend to the airport recently and the roads were under construction and there were dividers and orange barrels everywhere. There were cops directing traffic using their hands to tell this lane to stop and then waving you through. It got me thinking how would a driverless car be able to react to the cops directing traffic?

Driverless cars would be like Fuck the Po-lease

 

[Sinister]

I just don’t believe this so called driver less cars will ever happen. At least not in my lifetime.

They already exist and the technology is evolving constantly. It's just a matter of some nerd programming the AI to recognize, evaluate and decide on a plan of action the same way a human does.

Driverless semis will do the same.

I bought one share of TuSimple because HAHAHAHA FUCK ALL Y'ALL!!!

 

[Electric Chicken]

They already exist and the technology is evolving constantly. It's just a matter of some nerd programming the AI to recognize, evaluate and decide on a plan of action the same way a human does.

Driverless semis will do the same.

I bought one share of TuSimple because HAHAHAHA FUCK ALL Y'ALL!!!

Panic brake and jerk wheel into next lane over shouldn't be hard to program.

Wouldn't even have to specify which lane. Humans don't seem to GAF when they do it.