Uber Self-Driving Truck First Cargo Delivery: 50,000 Budweiser Cans

Uber delivered its first cargo shipment driven by a self-driven truck last week, the Verge reported Tuesday. The 18-wheeler Volvo truck traveled 120 miles from an Anheuser-Busch facility in Loveland, Colorado to Colorado Springs, maintaining an average speed of 55 miles. The vehicle was equipped with 2 cameras, 2 front-facing radar sensors, a GPS sensor and light detection and ranging sensors to guide it along the way. "There were people in Colorado Springs this weekend drinking a Budweiser that was delivered by a self-driving truck," said James Sembrot, senior director of logistics strategy at Anheuser-Busch. A human driver drove the truck in city limits but monitored it without intervention for 100 miles of the journey.