In the next two to five years, A number of American motorists may encounter a self-driving big rig truck next to them on the Interstate. Truck tech companies like TuSimple and Aurora have been working with UPS, FedEx and the US Postal Service to develop, test and evaluate autonomous trucking in the Southwestern US - mainly between Dallas and Phoenix. As you may expect, the move to autonomous trucking is being driving by economics - a growing truck driver shortage and high diesel fuel prices. As they say, the future is now.
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