Monday, October 31, 2016
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Friday, October 28, 2016
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Look, Ma, No Hands!
Last Thursday Otto, the self-driving truck
subsidiary of Uber, completed the first real-world commercial freight delivery
using their new autonomous trucking technology. Otto shipped 45,000 cans of
Budweiser from Fort Collins, Colo. to Colorado Springs with no driver at the
wheel. The 120 mile trip down I-25 through Denver was made with the driver
monitoring from the truck’s sleeper birth for the entire two-hour journey. The
only time the driver took to the wheel was driving on and off the highway
ramps.
The early morning drive at an average speed of
55 mph was the first revenue generating load transported via autonomous truck.
Otto was paid the market rate of $470 for the job using one of its trucks
outfitted with the new technology.
Otto plans to involve more commercial partners
and independent drivers who will use the technology, designed to increase
safety and decrease costs as the truck is able to be operated 24 hours a day
and 7 days a week. The biggest cost savings for the trucking industry will eventually
come from eliminating the driver entirely. James Sembrot, Anheuser-Busch’s
senior director of logistics strategy said, “We can see a future where this
type of equipment is standard on all trucks”.
Mammas your babies ain't gonna be truck drivers.
Sunday, October 23, 2016
Friday, October 21, 2016
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Monday, October 17, 2016
I Like Trey Gowdy
Even though no one was tortured and murdered at the Watergate Hotel, the media asked the questions and found the answers...
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Saturday, October 15, 2016
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Sunday, October 9, 2016
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Ten Years Is Just Around The Corner...And So Is Your Ride
The number of 19-year-olds who possess driver's licenses has
declined 69% since 1983, according to a report by the University of Michigan
and a similar decline has also been witnessed for other age groups as well.
It's a trend that has led many industry leaders to state that car ownership
will more or less disappear in the next 10 years.
Let's use 19-year-olds to illustrate a point. If they want a
car, the average monthly cost of owning a new car is $500. If they want to use
it, the average monthly cost for gasoline is $250 (that doesn't include tires,
etc). They have to have insurance, and for a 19-year-old the average monthly
cost is $500. Now let's suppose this 19-year-old is flipping burgers for
$10.00/hr. At the very best our 19-year-old will take home $1200 for the month.
Do you want me to do the math?...that's the reason the number of 19-year-olds
who possess driver's licenses has declined since 1983?
Please note the vehicle pictured above. It's called Amber One
and is a prototype vehicle being built by Amber Mobility, Eindhoven, the
Netherlands. The all-electric concept seats four adults, has a 250-mile range
on a single charge, a top speed of over 93 mph, and a 0 to 60 time of a
respectable 7 seconds. The Amber One is set to enter production in 2018, but
you won't be able to buy one. They are "FOR RENT ONLY" and designed
for shared use on-demand carpooling services. Amber Mobility hopes to saturate
metropolitan areas with its rentals thus “guaranteeing” that an Amber One
vehicle will be available “within walking distance at any time” to users of its
service. Eventually, the plan is to build in semi- and full autonomous driving
capabilities so that there will be an Amber One just a smartphone command away.
And you'll be able to rent a Mobile One for $37.00 a week.
Remember that 19-year-old burger flipper who had to pay $1250
a month to own a car. He's going to be able to rent one for less than $150 a
month. And you'll be renting one too!
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