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Definition: self-driving truck


An 18-wheeler (tractor-trailer) that is driverless from the start of the trip to the end. On the highway, the self-driving rig is autonomous; however, when traveling in cities and side roads, the truck is driven from a central station by remote drivers with computer screens.

Self-driving trucks are expected to become mainstream around 2030. How many of the nearly 1.7 million truck drivers in the U.S. will be retrained as drivers at a computer terminal remains to be seen. See Tesla Semi, truck platooning and self-driving car.