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What Makes Self-Driving Trucks a Better Choice for Tomorrow?

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Nitin Lahoti
What Makes Self-Driving Trucks a Better Choice for Tomorrow?

The vision of driverless vehicles has been developing into our minds for years now. As the idea of self-driving cars is slowly approaching our neighborhoods, we still possess some apprehensions about consenting on other autonomous commercial vehicles such as self-driving trucks. However, the industry is quite positive about the potential of autonomous driving trucks and how it may take over within the next 10 years.

Many experts suggest the introduction of driverless technology into commercial vehicle industry can gobble up as many as 1.8 million trucks driving jobs. Trepidations over new technology are not unheard of, as this has always been the first reaction to any technological advancement. Nonetheless, advanced technology should be embraced for the benefits it has to offer. Similarly, self-driving technology in trucks offers multiple advantages including improved productivity, cost-effectiveness, fuel efficiency, and organized traffic. So, before you arrive on a conclusion, this blog helps you in understanding the industry inclination, issues, and the future deployment of driverless trucks.

Major Companies Striding Towards Self-Driving Trucks

he number of major international companies slowing shifting their gears towards implementing self-driving technology in trucks is growing in every industry quarter. The autonomous truck industry is moving profoundly compared to the driverless car’s industry, which may appear jazzy from the outside but still has a long way to go. Starting from established well-known automakers to newly launched start-ups, the industry seems truly enthusiastic about self-driving technology. Some of the biggest names currently dedicating their time, energy and capital in this field are mentioned below:

Waymo

This is widely known for being Google’s self-driving division. Developing and testing driverless trucks for more than a year now, Waymo first launched the driverless technology in trucks for facilitating freight delivery in Atlanta’s Google data centers. During the testing phase, the company is taking various measures for safety that includes having a well-trained truck driver always available behind the wheels to take charge in case of any mishap or system failure.

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