Google gets license to test drive autonomous cars on Nevada roads

Re:Google gets license to test drive autonomous cars on Neva... by grep2 on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @03:04AM (#3942598)

In fact, one concept with increasing popularity in Germany are Packstations (http://www.dhl.de/en/paket/privatkunden/packstation.html). Basically it's a set of parcel boxes where customers can unlock the one that contains their packet.

Now, instead of hoping that the delivery guy arrives when you are at home, you just give the address of the next Packstation and pick it up at your convenience.

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Re:Google gets license to test drive autonomous cars on Neva... by prewett on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @03:38AM (#3942664)

Isn't that pretty much re-inventing the post office, except that you don't ship the item through the postal system? This seems like an indication that we need to fix our postal systems...

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Re:Google gets license to test drive autonomous cars on Neva... by morsch on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @07:11AM (#3943083)

If you want to put it that way, it's re-inventing the system of lots of small post-offices. But it's completely automated, so it's financially feasible. And DHL is the parcel carrier of Deutsche Post, the privatized entity that used to be Germany's publicly operated postal system.

I'm not sure that there's anything to fix here, specifically.

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Re:Google gets license to test drive autonomous cars on Neva... by checker on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @10:02AM (#3943624)

USPS is testing this in trial markets right now:

https://tools.usps.com/go/EPLAction!input?WT_z.redirect=www....

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Re:Google gets license to test drive autonomous cars on Neva... by timdorr on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @09:35AM (#3943495)

Amazon is doing this too with Amazon Lockers: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_l... They're still on a trial run, but they have been rolling out in a couple more cities recently.

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