Labor Shortages and Potential for Fuel Savings driving logistics providers toward autonomous vehicle technology
February 26, 2018
Labor Shortages and Potential for Fuel Savings driving logistics providers toward autonomous vehicle technology by Taj ShahramAs we draw closer to a fully autonomous future, new opportunities arise in the field of logistics and transportation to increase mobility, transportation efficiency and safety. To make this happen, the infrastructure of cities has to be redesigned to support self-driving vehicles. Highway planners in Wisconsin are already thinking about the possibility of creating a driverless vehicle lane on I-94 to accommodate Foxconn’s large factory in Racine County.Furthermore, self-driving trucks are planned to be introduced in the market. The trucking industry is currently short 50,000 drivers, because drivers either retire or quit. Self-driving trucks can help solve this problem. Embark, a start-up company, is already hauling Frigidaire refrigerators along I-10 from El Paso, Texas to Palm Spring, California using a self-driving truck, but with a driver on board...