Waymo May Be in the Early Phase of Self-Driving Semi-Trucks Testing

Posted by at 10:29 am on June 2, 2017

 

Alphabet’s Waymo  is exploring self-driving trucking. The report explains that the efforts are currently in their early stages, though the company has confirmed that it is testing self-driving trucks…

Waymo said in a statement it is  taking its 8 years of experience in self-driving technology and conducting a “technical exploration” on how truck self-driving trucks would work.

“Self-driving technology can transport people and things much more safely than we do today and reduce the thousands of trucking-related deaths each year. We’re taking our eight years of experience in building self-driving hardware and software and conducting a technical exploration into how our technology can integrate into a truck,” a Waymo spokesperson told BuzzFeed.

The report explains that Waymo is currently manually driving just one semi truck on public roads for data collection purposes.

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