Friday, December 12, 2014
DHL: Self-driving car the future of logistics industry
The logistics industry will probably be one of the first testing grounds for automated vehicles, according to a study from package delivery giant DHL.
Shipping companies will likely adopt the technology faster than other sectors, since moving cargo in non-public areas like storage facilities and warehouses provides a safer venue to test such devices, according to a study published this week by DHL, the freight and express arm of Deutsche Post AG.
Eventually vehicles might bring packages to a pick-up station where a consumer could find them, the study said.
DHL plans to “maintain pole position in the world of self-driving vehicles,” wrote Matthias Heutger and Markus Kueckelhaus, the authors of the study. "The question is no longer ‘if’ but rather ‘when’ autonomous vehicles will drive onto our streets and highways."
For more of the Bloomberg story: www.businessweek.com
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