transportation grid and they will emerge as the new kings of the road. And the winners of this derby, they may be poised to make untold billions they'll change the U.S. The driverless semi will convulse the trucking sector and the 2 million American drivers who turn a key and maneuver their big rig every day. Right now there's a high-stakes, high-speed race pitting the usual suspects - Google and Tesla and other global tech firms - against small start-ups smelling opportunity.
As we first reported in March, companies have been quietly testing their prototypes on public roads. And the when is coming sooner than you might expect. We may focus on the self-driving car, but autonomous trucking is not an if, it's a when. The absence of an actual driver in the cab. You know that universal sign we give truckers, hoping they'll sound their air horns? Well, you're going to be hearing a lot less honking in the future.
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