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Within three or four years, Aurora and its competitors expect to put thousands such self-driving trucks on America's public freeways.
Late this year, Aurora plans to start hauling freight on Interstate 45 between the Dallas and Houston areas with 20 driverless trucks.
The image of a fully loaded, 80,000-pound driverless truck weaving around cars on a super-highway at 65 mph or more may strike a note of terror.
Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation Inc. is set to start hauling freight on I-45 through Texas with driverless tractor-trailers.
In less than nine months, self-driving trucks with Aurora's systems will start carrying loads between terminals for FedEx, Uber Freight, Werner and others.