INTERIM Lege Trend: Self Driving Big Rigs & Trains. The New Self Driving Car. 5 Effects in Texas. 3 Companies Moving Forward.

Freight movement is entering a new, driverless world. Both 18 wheelers and train cargo are entering a new automated world. The future is now.

5 Ways driverless freight will impact  Texas:

  • it will change the economics of freight shipping
  • resolve truck driver shortages
  • reduce the cost of freight shipping
  • more fuel efficient freight shipping
  • safer freight shipping

The big truck companies testing driverless big rigs:

  • Freightliner/Daimler
  •  Volvo
  • Peterbilt

Forbes | Self-Driving Trucks Could Rewrite The Rules For Transporting Freight