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Good for Starsky, but from what I can gather after reading this article they are behind Embark, TuSimple, and even Otto - not to mention whatever Tesla, Daimler
by Judgmentality 9y ago
Good for Starsky, but from what I can gather after reading this article they are behind Embark, TuSimple, and even Otto - not to mention whatever Tesla, Daimler, and other big names are doing.
Self-driving trucks always seemed like a no-brainer to me, but as I start to actually examine the space I realize it's more complicated than I initially thought. It'll be fun to watch from the sidelines, but I suspect there will be 1, maybe 2 big winners in this space.
- stefan8r 9y agoNot that I know of: none of those folks have actually taken the person out of the vehicle, and getting someone in the truck is the main problem the industry faces. Similar some of to the others - we've hauled freight autonomously (we've actually hauled quite a bit of it), but we've also done yard jockey work in truck yards and done whole trips that didn't require a person in the vehicle.
- Judgmentality 9y agoSo really this is just a demonstration of the truck being remote controlled and being monitored by a full-time driver in a remote location? Okay, I can see why that's an important tool to make this a viable product, but it doesn't scale and doesn't strike me as a differentiator (I know some of your competitors already do this). Anyway, rather than argue, I wish you luck. I've got no horse in this race.