Trucks
Driverless trucks will be coming soon to Florida roads. State contractors will be using them in construction zones.
Lockheed Martin is entering the driverless universe, or rather dipping a toe in the waters, as it were, by investing in a connected vehicle company. The company Peloton Technology, a truck-related autonomous technology company and a Mountain View startup, has serious money behind it from other companies as well. Those connected vehicles are not synonymous with driverless, this type of technology is likely to be an important part of driverless highway travel.
Chicago Wants to Be Second City for Technology and the Fourth, Fifth? City for Driverless
Chicago is lining itself up to be the Second City in yet another way. All of you tech, startup companies, out there, Chicago wants your first expansion to be the Windy City. As for driverless vehicles, Chicago will not be the second testing ground, but it would like to be next.
Meanwhile in California ...
It's fun reading about the speculation around Apple's recent acquisition of possibly driverless-project staff. These are people with experience at Tesla, Chrysler, and other car manufacturers, as well as Texas Instruments and technology companies. No one from the driverless Google or Uber teams seems included.
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