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Self-Driving Trucks Are Now Delivering Refrigerators
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Since early October, autonomous trucks have been hauling Frigidaire refrigerators along the I-10 freeway, from a El Paso, Texas, to Palm Springs, California.
Embark
If you live in Southern California and youβve ordered one of those fancy new smart refrigerators in the past few weeks, it may have hitched a ride to you on a robotruck.
Since early October, autonomous trucks built and operated by the startup Embark have been hauling Frigidaire refrigerators 650 miles along the I-10 freeway, from a warehouse in El Paso, Texas, to a distribution center in Palm Springs, California. A human driver rides in the cab to monitor the computer chauffeur for now, but the ultimate goal of this (auto) pilot program is to dump the fleshbag and let the trucks rumble solo down the highway.
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Self-Driving Trucks Are Now Running Between Texas and California | WIRED
[IMG alt="embarktruck-TA" width="666px" height="500px"]https://media.wired.com/photos/5a064355f34e083b513efa21/master/w_1200,c_limit/embarktruck-TA.jpg[/IMG]
Since early October, autonomous trucks have been hauling Frigidaire refrigerators along the I-10 freeway, from a El Paso, Texas, to Palm Springs, California.
Embark
If you live in Southern California and youβve ordered one of those fancy new smart refrigerators in the past few weeks, it may have hitched a ride to you on a robotruck.
Since early October, autonomous trucks built and operated by the startup Embark have been hauling Frigidaire refrigerators 650 miles along the I-10 freeway, from a warehouse in El Paso, Texas, to a distribution center in Palm Springs, California. A human driver rides in the cab to monitor the computer chauffeur for now, but the ultimate goal of this (auto) pilot program is to dump the fleshbag and let the trucks rumble solo down the highway.
Read Moreβ¦
Self-Driving Trucks Are Now Running Between Texas and California | WIRED
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