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Europe completes a demonstration of semi-autonomous truck platooning

(credit: EU Truck Platooning ) When people talk of self-driving vehicles, it's usually in reference to passenger cars that will whisk us to and from work while we recline in comfort, reading a book or catching up on Netflix. This is understandable; the car makers, technology companies, and other autonomous advocates want to raise public awareness and acceptance of self-driving technology, and linking it to a frustration-free commute is certainly a way of doing that. But it's not just passenger vehicles that are going to go hands-free—the implications for road haulage and the freight sector are going to be massive.

 

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