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Google/Waymo Announces Testing of Self-Driving Trucks in Atlanta, Georgia

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday March 11 2018, @03:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the harsh-test-environment dept.

takyon writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 11 2018, @08:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 11 2018, @08:58PM (#651067)

    And running the car off the road for yourself.

    I've already heard from (mostly young) people in the automotive industry who do that for people who bought cars they either can't afford, or want to replace.

    Now add in the bonus of using said car to ruin some autnomous cars before either leaving it abandoned, destroyed, or sent to a chop shop and you've just gotten paid twice or thrice for the same bit of work.