The Uber took a giant leap in the step of transportation and announced a self-driving truck with no one board. Uber Technologies tends to dominate the truck industry. It is planning to take over the trucking market with a different initiative in contrary than a lot of conventional companies. Instead of having drivers to do all the hard works, uber plans to deliver commercial goods. With the self-sufficient trucks that have no driver on board.
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Uber’s self-driving trucks used to deliver commercial freight. It is from transfer hub to the destination. These trucks are now operational in Arizona. It is a state which allows and supports autonomous trucks. Although the car is self-sufficient a safe driver But is still present to ensure safety.
Uber introduced “Uber Freight,” shipping on demand app about a year ago. The Freight hauling app works Like a regular Uber app that lets you book a ride to your destination. Uber Freight app connects shippers with the self-driving trucks. Likewise, who can haul their goods?
It’s not the first time Uber introduced the self-driving truck. Uber demonstrated the first commercial use in 2016. Likewise, it had transported Budweiser Beer cans over 130 miles on the highway.
Uber is claiming its place in the self-driving vehicle market where it has to face against Tesla, General Motors, and other Silicon Valley firms, that are competing to introduce self-driving vehicles on the road.
Uber’s involvement in the self-driving truck influenced its 2016 acquisition of Otto. Otto was an independent trucking start-up company founded by the former Google engineer. Uber is pushing to dominate both trucking and self-driving industry.
Although the self-driving trucks aren’t advanced for tight docks, navigating a busy yard or moving axels on the trailer. It is still said to be efficient than human drivers. Automated trucks told to stay longer on the roads and expected to have fewer accidents. For a long duration of time, Since they don’t get sleepy or distracted. Self -driving trucks supposed to be cheaper than a car with a driver behind the wheel.
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Uber is still confidential much about its self-driving trucks. The various details on self-driving lorries engaged in Arizona kept a secret till now. The company hasn’t stated how many vehicles it is using. Likewise, how often safety drivers came in action, how many miles they’ve driven. Moreover, transfer hubs and how they look like is also still a mystery.
Most of the time asked the question is, “will Uber’s self-driving truck technology drop the traditional trucking jobs?”. To this question, Uber said it believed the introduction of self-driving trucks. It will bring more jobs because of higher demands as delivery cost fails. But, the nature of truck driver may change to parcel delivery driver. Uber said it is not training the self-driving trucks to do all the tasks by themselves. So the future of truck drivers is still in a good state.
While Self-driving trucks is a significant move for Uber, It still has to compete with other company operating in the same field. Some of them are Tesla and Alphabet’s self-driving arm Waymo. In the meantime, Uber is celebrating its accomplishment in the self-driving industry.
