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US startup banks on self-driving trucks over self-driving cars
Published Tue, May 17, 2016 · 09:50 PM
San Francisco
IMAGINE you are driving on a highway late at night when a big-rig truck closes in behind you. You relax because it is keeping a safe distance and seems to be obeying the speed limit. Now imagine that truck is driving itself.
Despite Silicon Valley's enthusiasm for self-driving cars, it could be years before there are many of them on the road. But autonomous 18-wheelers? One startup is betting that is a different matter.
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