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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

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There will still be a workforce needed to maintain those driverless vehicles or costs associated with maintenance done by the manufacturer or a 3rd party. The journey was bracketed with a human driver handling pick-up and delivery of the shipment, while an automated driver took the long-haul segment in between.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 7 – 13)

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to test autonomous truck runs from Houston to Oklahoma City with a safety driver aboard. Driverless trucks will help Maersk improve on-time performance, said Erez Agmoni, Maersk’s global head of innovation for logistics & services. Uber Freight and others that are testing autonomous big rigs in Texas and surrounding states.