Uber has been carrying freight across Arizona using automated trucks in recent months. (Courtesy of Uber)If you have driven on a highway in Arizona in recent months, you may have shared the road with an automated truck without even realizing it. This week, Uber — the ride-hailing network rushing to control the future of automated driving — announced the company has begun transporting freight using automated big rigs. “This a big step forward in self-driving truck technology, and the future of the freight industry at large,” the company said in a statement. A start-up called Embark recently drove an automated truck across the country without a driver, completing a 2,400-mile journey from California to Florida.

Source: Washington Post March 07, 2018 18:05 UTC