Autonomous Trucks
PA Images/TuSimpleHuman truck drivers may become a thing of the past, as self-driving trucks appear to operate quicker than their person-controlled counterparts. Advert 10Unavoidably, self-driving trucks don’t face the same limitations regular ones do, as truck drivers can legally only be driving for a maximum of 11 hours at a time. TuSimpleThe experiment was conducted by TuSimple, which specialises in self-driving technologies. The company prides itself on having developed ‘the world’s most advanced self-driving technologies specifically designed to meet the unique demands of heavy-duty trucks’. Jim Mullen, the company’s chief administrative officer, believes TuSimple’s self-driving trucks could hugely benefit the food industry in particular.