From Instant Data to Truck Platoons, Here's How 5G Will Shape the Future of Transportation

Dec 06, 2019 at 08:36 AM CST - 1
The immediate future of autonomous vehicles won't be about cars, but about fleets of self-driving trucks, which are set to fuel another revolution in transportation. "The shippers are looking for and investing in that, and transportation operators are looking to take friction and cost out," says Scott Corwin, leader of Deloitte's global future of mobility practice. Levels of autonomous driving go from zero to five--from adaptive cruise control to complete, driverless autonomy. Today, fleets can hit level two, like Boston-based Embark's trucks, which move freight autonomously on highways between L.A. and Arizona, while being monitored by human safety drivers.

Dec 06, 2019 at 08:36 AM CST

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The immediate future of autonomous vehicles won't be about cars, but about fleets of self-driving trucks, which are set to fuel another revolution in transportation. "The shippers are looking for and investing in that, and transportation operators are looking to take friction and cost out," says Scott Corwin, leader of Deloitte's global future of mobility practice. Levels of autonomous driving go from zero to five--from adaptive cruise control to complete, driverless autonomy. Today, fleets can hit level two, like Boston-based Embark's trucks, which move freight autonomously on highways between L.A. and Arizona, while being monitored by human safety drivers.