Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.38
May 21, 2018
…of industry, comes down to one truth-telling attribute: value. Uber was a successful disruptor with their rideshare efforts because there was underutilized cars/capacity. However, when they tried to enter the freight market, they have not been so successful. Uber Freight is trying to change the space without adding any real value to the market. More Articles on Uber Freight There are not underutilized trucks or drivers sitting idle. Digital freight-matching platforms (like Uber Freight, among others) have almost zero adoption. In some transportation surveys, they represented a paltry .02 percent of prevailing freight volume. Disruptors, however, aren’t bad for logistics…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.01
February 08, 2018
…clearly wants to prove itself a major player. Read: Uber and Bell Helicopter show off passenger drone concept at CES 2018 Related: Why You Need to Think Twice About Flying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Transportation Related White Papers The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be According to predictions made a few decades ago, current travel should involve self-driving automobiles, jetpacks and flying cars, with space transport a common occurrence. Download Now! Parcel Delivery: The Future of Last Mile Currently subject to significant disruption, last-mile delivery, especially of parcels, is getting a great deal of attention in the media and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.72
February 01, 2018
…space on trucks, pushing utilization up and costs down. Uber launched a trucking-industry version of its service in early 2017. As well as matching loads with available capacity, the system also aims to simplify rate negotiations and speed up payments, a critical element for small truckers and owner-operators. Other organizations around the world are offering crowd-sourced last-mile delivery services, allowing commuters, taxi drivers or students to pick up parcels and drop them as part of their regular journeys. Systems such as these are changing how companies think about last-mile deliveries as customers everywhere have come to expect same-day service as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.10
November 10, 2017
…of such make-believe futures would seem tantalizingly within reach. Uber is investing in flying car technology. Earlier this year, Airbus launched Pop.Up, a vertical takeoff and landing concept vehicle for personal mobility. And in a venture that promises “flight for all,” German start-up Volocopter has designed the 2X, a miniature helicopter with 18 rotors that will begin test flights in Dubai later this year. All of this suggests that urbanites will soon be zipping around urban airspace like George Jetson, right? Wrong! Despite big investments and bigger promises, there are physical and practical reasons why it is highly unlikely that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.61
November 03, 2017
…and in what format. Sample Memorandum of Agreement Related: Uber’s Next Transportation Disruption Flying Cars Related White Papers The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be According to predictions made a few decades ago, current travel should involve self-driving automobiles, jetpacks and flying cars, with space transport a common occurrence. Download Now! Parcel Delivery: The Future of Last Mile Currently subject to significant disruption, last-mile delivery, especially of parcels, is getting a great deal of attention in the media and from investors, and rightfully so. Download Now! Drone Technology: Clarity from Above According PwC's study on the commercial applications of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 37.98
May 30, 2017
Uber has fired Anthony Levandowski, the former head of its self-driving car project, according to The New York Times. Levandowski came to Uber after a long stint at Google, where he shepherded that company’s own self-driving car project before it was spun off into a standalone business called Waymo. Earlier this year, Waymo filed a lawsuit against Uber, alleging that Levandowski stole some 14,000 documents from Waymo, and that the information became the technological basis for Uber’s self-driving cars. Levandowski had already stepped away from running Uber’s self-driving car project, with the company moving him to an operations role in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 26.70
April 26, 2017
The San-Francisco based transportation network known as Uber announced that it is partnering with the cities of Dallas and Dubai to transform flying cars from science fiction to science fact. The ride-sharing giant convened a three-day meet-up - called the Elevate Summit - featuring luminaries from aviation technology, venture capital, vehicle manufacturing and regulation, all with the express purpose of tackling flying cars. Focusing on what it calls vertical takeoff and landing, or VTOL, Uber is working with a handful of startups on the futuristic tech with backing from some very big names, like Google founder Larry Page, aerospace firm…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.11
April 24, 2017
…Bets on Automation as it Prepares to Fend Off Uber and Amazon Related “Delivery” White Papers Five Ways to Optimize Your DC For E-Commerce Fulfillment While DCs typically are designed to handle below-peak throughput, the rise of e-commerce, more frequent promotions and competitive service level agreements are creating more peak periods than ever. Download Now! Drivers and Enablers for Moving Ahead of the Competition The process of final delivery has been disrupted by the creation of omnichannel operations, through competition, endless aisle, and same-day/next-day delivery, the final delivery services are not new to consumers, and the direct-to-consumer B2C and B2B…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.43
April 24, 2017
…for “vertical take-off and landing.” And, coincidentally or not, Uber is holding a conference in Texas this week about its own flying car ambitions. Related: Future of Transportation & Autonomous Flying Cars Related White Papers The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be According to predictions made a few decades ago, current travel should involve self-driving automobiles, jetpacks and flying cars, with space transport a common occurrence. Download Now! Parcel Delivery: The Future of Last Mile Currently subject to significant disruption, last-mile delivery, especially of parcels, is getting a great deal of attention in the media and from investors, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 30.92
March 17, 2017
As reported by Jalopnik, Uber’s year hasn’t gone well. But it could get much worse, if it ends up on the losing side of a case filed by Google’s self-driving car project, Waymo. And the case, which alleges Uber’s autonomous driving system designs were created as the result of brazen theft by a former Waymo employee, doesn’t look good for Uber at all. Uber’s been roiled by one controversy after another - from allegations of sexual harassment, to video evidence of its CEO acting like a jerk, to the alleged use of a tool in the ride-hailing company’s app specifically…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.74
March 15, 2017
…vehicles, and Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler AG has partnered with Uber Technologies Inc. Google, which separated its self-driving car project into a new unit called Waymo last year, plans to start a ride-sharing service using semi-autonomous minivans made by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV as soon as the end of 2017. Volkswagen AG is rolling out Moia, a new division that will focus on ride-sharing and other mobility services. Mercedes already offers cars that can pilot themselves at highway speeds. Digital mobility services for automobiles will reach $2.03 trillion (1.9 trillion euros) in 2025, up from 860 billion euros in 2016, according…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.50
March 12, 2017
…center of a lawsuit filed by Google parent Alphabet Inc, whose Waymo self-driving car unit accused ride services startup Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] and its autonomous trucking subsidiary Otto of trade theft. Uber acquired Otto, founded by two former Google executives, last summer. Related: Self-Driving Technology for Commercial Trucking Download the Paper: Technological Disruption and Innovation in Last-Mile Delivery
