Waymo officially expands self-driving effort into trucks
Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving company born out of Google X, is seen by many as the leader in the field of self-driving.
After focusing on autonomous passenger cars to soon launch a self-driving ride-hailing service, the company is now expanding the effort to trucks. The company has been known to have been working on a truck program since last summer, but they confirmed it today in a blog post.
[...] Now the program is expanding to Atlanta, Georgia, which they will make the home of Google's logistical operations. From there, Waymo will ship cargo to Google's data centers. They say that you will be able to see Waymo's blue trucks on the road as soon as next week as part of the pilot program
Also at TechCrunch, Ars Technica, and Reuters.
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Sunday March 11 2018, @06:23PM (4 children)
" ...Waymo will ship cargo to Google's data centers."
I thought Alphabet/Google was in the data business. You don't need trucks to haul data. Data transfer needs wires, fiber, micro-wave and wifi. So just what is A/G planning on hauling in these blue trucks?
When life isn't going right, go left.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday March 11 2018, @06:27PM (1 child)
Hard drives, racks, cooling equipment, TPUs, solar panels, you name it.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 11 2018, @08:55PM
The US Government doesn't want unemployed and being a drain on taxes...
Give it a few year and watch. The US already had concentration camps during WW2 for Japanese-Americans and to a lesser degree German-Americans. Next thing you know they will be doing the same for the un-rehireable... and we're all going to be unrehireable in another decade or two...
(Score: 5, Funny) by deimtee on Sunday March 11 2018, @06:49PM
Station wagons full of mag tapes.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday March 11 2018, @06:53PM
Knowing Google's leadership, probably human organs and underage prostitutes from Haiti and Ukraine.