The cost of running a big-rig amounts to 185,000$,mostly because of the cost of fuel and the wheels that need to be replaced.
I am not against automation but this field is almost always going to require someone behind the wheel.Simply because it requires someone to be responsible for the individual truck.
“Simply because it requires someone to be responsible for the individual truck.”
who unloads the truck (or manages its unloading?).
Since no deaths would occur if you jack knife it in the desert, who stops the cargo from being heisted, regularly?
In an accident, the deep pockets is the robotics company.
Lots of apeed bumps on the road to utopia.