New research has revealed that two thirds of people do not feel ready to share the roads with driverless vehicles.
According to a survey by Supply Chain Management World, 64% of executives believe that the insights being gleaned from big data can change the trucking industry forever.
At the end of last year, McKinsey painted a pretty rosy picture of autonomous trucking. The report set out the consulting firm’s forecast for the future of autonomous truck development, and its cost implications.
New research has revealed that 76% of transport companies think autonomous trucks will be a viable option within the next decade.
According to MEPs in the European Parliament’s transport committee, the EU should be moving forward with driverless vehicle technology to avoid being left behind by the US and China.
How do you like the idea of leading a convoy of driverless trucks to their destination? That’s where the industry could be heading, if you believe the experts.
Silicon Valley may strongly believe that drones and self-driving trucks are set to transform the way goods are transported, but those in the trucking industry disagree. Passionately so.
The world’s largest truck manufacturer, Daimler Trucks, has said Silicon Valley needs to slow down and lower expectations of self-driving lorries.
On first glance, the autonomous vehicle industry seems set on taking control away from humans, but that’s not the full story.
It won’t be long before we see ‘driverless’ HGVs traveling in conveys of three, known as ‘platoons’. The speed of all three will be controlled by the lead vehicle, which will (I am pleased to say) be controlled by a human driver.