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Amazon is now a major shipping and delivery company, in addition to everything else (as of last year, they were apparently delivering half of their packages the
by necubi 6y ago
Amazon is now a major shipping and delivery company, in addition to everything else (as of last year, they were apparently delivering half of their packages themselves [0]). My guess is they would like to automate that.
[0] https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/12/19/21029932/amazon-logistics-delivery-network-fedex-ups-usps https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/12/19/21029932/amazon-logist...
- numpad0 6y agoAgreed, I’d think even if they couldn’t go driverless or automate fully, Level 4 system in Level 2 mode is great for standardizing behavior of trucks.
- mabbo 6y agoDelivery is a huge portion of Amazon's costs, and most of that cost is the last mile of the delivery. What are the biggest costs of last-mile delivery? Human labor costs and fuel. What's Amazon putting money into? Self-driving vehicles (less human labor time) and electric vans. Bias note: I work for Amazon, but not in that department.