Who's Who in Autonomous On-Road Trucks

While autonomous cars seem to draw more media attention, self-driving trucks are a lot closer to being a presence on America's roads.

A CNET story runs down the major players. Although both cars and trucks aim to automate activity on the same roads, the usefulness and likelihood of success for trucks outshines that of personal cars, the article's author says. The $720 billion US trucking business that employs 900,000 drivers is at the heart of virtually everything in the economy; as Jimmy Hoffa said, "If you've got it, a truck brought it."

The main companies that may rewrite Hoffa's nugget to "...a truck brought it--by itself" include Otto, Aurora, Einride, Embark Trucks, Kodiak Robotics, Locomation, Plus, Torc Robotics, TuSimple, and Waymo Via.

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Source: CNET