AV trucking another incremental step

Investment Analysis Clubs Macro Economic Trends and Risks
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This is a press release.
Autonomous Vehicle Trucking takes another step toward viability.

BYD = Build Your Dreams.

BYD AND EINRIDE SIGN LARGEST-EVER ORDER FOR HEAVY-DUTY BATTERY ELECTRIC TRUCKS OUTSIDE OF ASIA
https://en.byd.com/news/byd-and-einride-sign-largest-ever-or…

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (2/22/2022) — BYD announced today that Swedish freight technology company Einride has purchased 200 Class 8 8TT battery-electric day cab trucks for deployment across the United States, the largest-ever order of its kind outside of Asia.

BYD will begin delivery of the first vehicles, all assembled in Lancaster, California, in February, with all 200 vehicles set to be delivered in waves over the course of the coming twelve months. Einride will utilize the vehicles to grow their global fleet of connected electric vehicles to serve their U.S. customers throughout key transport regions. Saga, Einride’s technology platform that plays the critical role in ensuring electric shipping is efficient and optimized, will power the full fleet of signed BYD vehicles.

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The trucks come standard with Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS), which includes Automatic Emergency Braking, Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure Warning System and Blind Spot Detection, making driving easier and safer.

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About Einride

Einride is a leading freight technology company providing digital, electric, and autonomous shipping. It was founded in 2016 and became the world’s first company to operate an autonomous, electric freight vehicle on a public road in 2019. Einride´s award-winning technology and products enable users to execute on electrification and automation,

More at the link.

USian labor, USian supply chains
AV trucking.

No wonder UAW and Teamsters are running scared.

There are reports (youtubes!) of Teslas being vandalized and bullied.
I wonder how many electric trucks will be vandalized and bullied?
Especially AV trucks.

:alien:
ralph owns some BYD.

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I think that, in less than 25 years, people will be shaking their heads and discussing how insane it was to let people drive their own cars which resulted in tens of thousands of deaths every year.

I think that the most obvious application of Autonomous Vehicle Trucking (AVT) is the long, long stretches of interstate highway between urban end-points. It’s possible that AVTs will stop at the margin of cities to pick up human drivers, similar to the way ocean liners pick up pilots when they enter ports.

Wendy

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similar to the way ocean liners pick up pilots when they enter ports.

And when they leave ports.

The Captain

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I think that, in less than 25 years, people will be shaking their heads and discussing how insane it was to let people drive their own cars…

I’m thinking that right now.

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It is mostly only insane because there are insane drivers.

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<<I think that, in less than 25 years, people will be shaking their heads and discussing how insane it was to let people drive their own cars…>>

I’m thinking that right now.

There was a 13-yr-old (“supervised” by a 38-yr-old man) behind the wheel of that vehicle killing all those college students in West Texas.

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