Semi-Camions without a driver come soon on a highway in Texas
Large platforms without a driver may soon move on a specific highway in Texas. Axios writes thisLater this month, trucks without drivers are planning to resist at the 200-kilometer section of Interstate 45 between Dallas and Houston.
Aurora Innovation, a company in Pittsburgh, founded in 2017, has developed a truck equipped with sensors and specialized software that can work 24/7, without interruptions and without a driver, while transporting large quantities of goods to and on the US highway system. Aurora tests its vehicles in a closed environment and also has Used ‘virtual testing’ of real world conditionsS Aurora calls its Aurora driver AI software system and plans to have trucks without a driver on the road until the end of the month.
According to Axios, the new industry will rotate around a business model in which AI suppliers rent their automated software to truck manufacturers who will then sell vehicles to logistics companies that need driving fleets.
If all this creates Final destination Typical scenarios, companies behind this technology swear it is safe (and Some data agree). In fact, one of the advertised benefits of trucks without a driver is that they are actually more forthcoming than those with someone behind the wheel. “At Aurora, we believe that the benefits of self -management technology will increase efficiency and mobility, while bringing reliable drivers delivery and increased safety to America,” the company’s website said. “A more favored world where goods never stop moving.” Earlier this month, Aurora released a report This is supposed to explain how its model of automated large platforms can safely navigate the roads.
Many trucks now on the road have extensive safety features, including automatic emergency braking and a forward -ahead warning. In 2023 NHTSA offered rules to require these safety features of all semi -remediesS While self-driving vehicles may look safer, there is small data on how safe driving on self-driving will work on a basic interstate, it will not be said how these statistics can change if you enter a large number of software guided by the heavily used public road lane. Waymo already operates on highways and interstate with relative safetyBut its vehicles are much less dangerous in a crash than an 18-wheel with full load.
A major incentive for the development of this technology is also to be indicated is money, not safety. AI companies compete to become the first on the market of this type of automation. Meanwhile, transport companies have an incentive to invest because it means that they will not have to hire drivers. Given that there is a shortage of driversWith many accusations of low salaries and bad hours, trucks without drivers would be a big deal for the industry.
Aurora is currently too Judgment by Federal Car Safety AgencyFederal Administration for Road Carriers Safety. Aurora had requested the FMCSA to release it from a federal regulation, which envisages truck drivers, must unleash road warning devices when stopped on the side of the road. Obviously, since Aurora has no human operators, there will be no one to deploy the physically necessary devices. FMCSA denied the release request, thus provoking court disputes.
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