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Re:Google’s self-driving car team prepares to spin out from ... by abvdasker on Monday December 12, 2016 @11:24AM (#13159220)
Uber agrees:

https://www.wired.com/2016/10/ubers-self-driving-truck-makes...

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Re:Google’s self-driving car team prepares to spin out from ... by woofyman on Monday December 12, 2016 @11:43AM (#13159413)
The truck only autonomously drove on a limited access highway. A human driver actually made the delivery.
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Re:Google’s self-driving car team prepares to spin out from ... by soundwave106 on Monday December 12, 2016 @01:16PM (#13160304)
That would be the first real step, right? That rather changes the scope of the big rig driving job.

I imagine automating limited access highway travel is much easier than automating the "final mile". I actually can see this sort of thing happening well before cars are automated to be honest.

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Re:Google’s self-driving car team prepares to spin out from ... by woofyman on Monday December 12, 2016 @02:05PM (#13160797)
True...I was objecting to the wired headline: >UBER’S SELF-DRIVING TRUCK MAKES ITS FIRST DELIVERY: 50,000 BEERS
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