Autonomous vehicles reality check part 3: Robots moving freight
There was a time when “AV trucks” were discussed as a singular thing, i.e., driverless long-haul trucking. Those days are now in the rear-view mirror. Trucking use cases suitable for automated driving are rapidly proliferating. In this last installment of my Autonomous Vehicles Reality Check series, I’ll stretch wide to wrap my arms around it all, aiming to provide some perspective. Rather than an in-depth company-by-company review, this article is more about automated trucking use cases that are showing various degrees of momentum.