A look at the safety and economics of autonomous trucks as Aurora and TuSimple say they plan to have commercial-trucking services in the US by the end of 2023
Wall Street Journal Christopher Mims
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Discussion
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@wadhwa
Vivek Wadhwa
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Self-Driving Big Rigs Are Coming. Is America Ready? ... by @mims https://www.wsj.com/... Self-driving trucks surely are coming, well before automotive, because highways are more predictable than off road/cities.
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@herbgreenberg
Herb Greenberg
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1/ This is a really good story by @mims in the WSJ on the future of autonomous trucking. https://www.wsj.com/... To me the attached few paragraphs zero in on two important points... https://twitter.com/...
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@aarmlovi
@aarmlovi
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The thing about vaporware tech is that sometimes after the hype cools down it starts to condense into puddles of niche usable LiquidWare https://twitter.com/...
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@paulpage
Paul Page
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Are drivers ready to share the road with robots? Autonomous trucks may be coming to U.S. highways sooner than you think. https://www.wsj.com/...
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@sub8u
@sub8u
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America, among other countries, has a huge shortage of long-haul truck drivers. And while we've been waiting for full autonomous driving in consumer auto, it might be coming sooner to self-driving big trucks. Good read from @mims https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@hyperplanes
Matthew Martin
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color me skeptical that they're going to be here in 2023. Although interstates seem like an easier AV problem they're not. Some of our worst most confusing road work is interstates https://twitter.com/...
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@mims
Christopher Mims
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That's 500,000 long haul trucker jobs at risk. But a totally new way to move freight on offer. As one expert put it: https://www.wsj.com/... /fin https://twitter.com/...
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@alexoimas
Alex Imas
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The thing that's always stuck with me from the movie Logan: in not-so-distant future all trucks were autonomous but none of the cars were. https://twitter.com/...
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@mims
Christopher Mims
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Autonomous trucks, unlike robotaxis, are going to be here soon. Some say by the end of 2023. This is a big deal, and I went deep on their tech, safety and economics in this week's weekend @WSJ Thread: https://www.wsj.com/...