Uber’s self-driving trucks are now delivering freight in Arizona
This method of delivery began to be used in Arizona, where Uber also tests unmanned taxis.
Trucks overpass most of the way on highways, and people are only involved in short-term transportation when taking goods out at the beginning of the journey and delivering to a specific destination at the end of the route.
On the way a safety driver follows the truck remotely, and the live driver only takes the freight outside the city from the start point. Then a trailer with the load joins the self-driven, which overcomes the main part of the road. Then in a certain place it moves out of the highway where the cargo is taken by another live driver and takes directly to the destination address.
Uber planned to launch such a long-distance delivery service from the acquisition in 2016 of a start-up for self-driven trucks Otto for $650 million.
Source: The Verge
March 6, 2018