Uber’s Self-Driving Trucks Hit the Highway, but Not Local Roads<br />At those locations, autonomous trucks would grab trailers for long-haul drives, while human drivers would grab ones<br />earmarked for closer delivery — with Uber’s network meshing the supply and demand of both behind the scenes.<br />It is also not revealing many details about how the transfer hubs would work — including what they<br />would look like, where they would be located and how the company planned to roll them out<br />The company said it was working out of two primary transfer hubs in Arizona — one in Sanders<br />near the border with New Mexico and another in Topock near the California border.<br />In a video, Uber laid out its vision for the future of trucking — tapping autonomous systems to navigate long highway hauls<br />and relying on human drivers to handle shorter drives, like the final few miles to a customer’s loading dock.<br />Waymo has also said it is considering using its driverless car technology for trucks, while<br />Tesla said it plans to introduce an electric truck with a self-driving mode built in.
