UPS to move towards electic delivery trucks

It's not just UPS. All the Parcel Companies (FedEx, USPS and DHL) are investing in electric vehicles and drones. USPS has already contracted a supplier to build the next generation of delivery vehicles, which are electric as well. Testing has already begun and they're using these vehicles already. Testing for driverless vehicles is planned as soon as 2019. All of them (UPS, USPS, FedEx, DHL) are investing heavily in electric, drones and driverless vehicles as we speak.

 

The USPS has played around with electric vehicles before,mainly during the 1970s and 1980s. I'm sure that UPS had ad well.

 

Pretty soon all mailboxes/houses will have a barcode. Auto eject

 

According to what I read, they're still going to have actual human beings inside just for that scenario.

 

I read that as well....

I dont think anyone else fully read the article. The FUEL source is changing, NOT the operator.

 

You can literally say electric vehicle, auto trans, autonomous, driverless, otto, etc etc, and everybody Loses with a capital L, their minds.

Very entertaining to say the least.

 

Here's a picture of one of the new electric vehicles being tested...



And here's a couple links on driverless vehicles...

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Here's a video on UPS using drones...