UPS teams up with Waymo to test self-driving delivery vans

Waymo is teaming up with UPS to test the use of its self-driving vans in transporting packages

Waymo, the self-driving arm of Google's parent company Alphabet, will use its autonomous Chrysler Pacifica minivans to bring packages from UPS stores in the Phoenix area to a UPS sorting facility in Tempe, Arizona. The tests will begin in the coming weeks and last for several months. Waymo will have a driver on board to monitor the vehicle and take control of the van if needed.

The Waymo self-driving vans may sit idle for extended periods of time between trips at the UPS facilities, which is an unproductive use of drivers' time, he said.Since it was first launched as Google's self-driving car project in 2009, Waymo has been largely focused on transporting people. But it has recently branched into deliveries, which provides another business opportunity and perhaps a faster path to market. It's easier to move a box than a human being.

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