Will We Ever See Autonomous Trucks On The Road?
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In this video we analyze the technology behind autonomous trucks and the practical concerns that have thus far prevented their adoption on public roads.
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https://youtu.be/FGFoV7NPR9k?si=wGwDs1ApaBgJlixe
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0:00 – 2:50 Intro
2:51 – 4:53 Easier Than Robotaxis
4:54 – 8:37 Autonomous Convoys
8:38 – 9:54 Autonomous Dump Truck
9:55 Semi Truck Economics
@wallstreetmillennial
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
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@kazen5907
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Why would young people take up trucking. Look at how little it pays.
@gledatelj1979
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Self driving trucks yes, autonomous trucks no.
@Likwidfox
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Just make Truck driving like drone piloting. VR simulators are very realistic you could just do it with real camera's.
@robertplatt1693
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
A better option is automating cargo handling at depots. Loading, unloading, and routing. You can keep the robots far away from any hyoomans.
@OO-jp9ik
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Self driving smi trucks well fail in computer systems and law suites for humans life's well put companys broke in safe OSHA needs to step in on this and the president
@user-fn4jl3uk2s
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Wasting billions of dollars trying to make a science fiction fantasy come true, when you can just build fcking trains and get the same results 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
@Thomzz95
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Maybe if more trucking companies or schools set up recruiters in high school or colleges maybe more young people will be interested in the industry. But honestly the “shortage” in trucking is probably just a myth.
@michaelmarlow6610
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
They will do anything but build trains and/or pay workers a good wage.
@seya1994
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Rails
@omegadirective
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
What if we hook together like 100 trucks, stick them on some kind of metal track so they can only go straight, and have one giant truck at the front to pull the entire chain of trucks.
We can call this thing a new name, a "train".
@electrified0
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
People get so worked up about the sensors, execution and environmental interpretation required for autonomous driving that they forget that a good chunk of driving is decision making, something that robots are notoriously horrible at. Even something as simple as "what lane should I drive in" is not a verifiable problem you can train an AI to master using linear algebra because it's nuanced and complicated without a mathematically verifiable answer. This is why, even with eye watering quantities of data, Tesla's FSD is still worse at lane selection than a drunk 6 year old despite being able to map out its immediate surroundings with a high level of accuracy and execute manuvers fairly well. This problem is exaggerated for Tesla compared to other solutions since it does everything on the fly, but shows up in all of them the moment they're forced to go off the rails due to an unexpected event and need to make decisions. For any task where decision making can be required at a moment's notice with no ability to put the task on pause while a human arrives, automation is a pipe dream.
@Erokk1988
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
That Tesla clip was painful. Most successful con artist in the country
@Skull-vc4sl
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Safer than human drivers? Smfh
@hill160881
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
All the comments about reinventing the train are funny and shows the ignorance of the people watching this and even the drivers. The logistics to go from a train depot to a terminal adds another day to final delivery if not more. The driver needs a TWIC card to enter the port to get the freight. Also the container is heavier than a standard dry van and may require permits. A truck goes directly to the destination terminal and skips these steps.
@hill160881
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Funny how we have a trucker shortage but I can’t find a decent paying job as a trucker in Salinas Ca. Been looking for over 6 months and nothing. Sad part
Is I can go back to Tulsa ok and make more money as a trucker with much less living expense. The industry is broken and does not pay enough. No one cares and most people would cheer us dying in a crash. This country would deserve a massive trucker shut down. That won’t happen because we are to busy trying to keep our heads above water to strike.
@mikebaker2436
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Thank you for letting me know that I need to pick a new route to Houston next year.
@1125mlkeyan
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Instead of autonomous EV trucks we should switch to trains to get the job done.
@heinzgassner1057
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
There is an underlying ontology problem. Computer algorithms can only process symbols, but have no whatsoever access to the understanding reality. Just imagine the depth of experiencing the birth of your first child and compare this with writing down, reading and processing the sentence „I watched the birth of my first kid“, stripped of all qualia, feelings and understanding. Reality is so much deeper and complex than processing symbols and representations will ever be able to capture.
@aleemrahaman-rb9mf
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
They need to have the roads themselves be a data marker. Super cruse have this feature. They need to look at giving the vehicle eyes that can foresee better than a human driver. React better than a human being. I think who ever is going to make an autonomous vehicle needs to start really really small.
@tobiaskozlov5151
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
I hope it happens, there's no need to force humans to do the grueling boring highway miles, they can be put to better use for last mile driving.
@justinvanaulen2478
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
I feel like these are the growing pains until we get to real life society called Total Recall.
@HomeVdz
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Why so anti Tesla? They are going to have this sorted out in a year or two.
@mahlatsemothoa5024
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Beats rail!!!!
@cyclopsvision6370
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Stop spreading the lie that there is a trucker shortage, I've been hearing the same fake news for the past 20 years
@umi3017
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
You see it's simple, you already have dedicated terminal, then why not joint them with dedicated road, and to make autonomous truck drive on them more easily, maybe just build some guide along the road so it simply follow that. Meanwhile, since it's dedicated, you don't need to worry about length limitation for public road, so instead of autonomous follower, you just join it with physical connection. And as the route is fixed, why bring heavy battery or tank with you, you can build wires along the road so it can power your truck when it's running. And this one might be sound radical, but hear me out, the friction between rubber tire and concrete road is really high, maybe we can replace it with something like.. steel?
@mozamotors
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
America hates truck driver! THERE IS NO DRIVER SHORTAGE! AUTONOMOUS TRUCK IS A FARCE!. Do some more research and you will find out that more H1 BC Visas are being given out to flip flop wearing foreigners with little training getting paid less than 45 years go. Freight prices have not risen to today's levels so cut the crap with this BS video!
@NothingIsKnown00
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
A friend of mine worked on the truck convoy concept for Volvo back in 2008.
@JoelReid
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Ultimately you want autonomous driving to be used on specific stretches of road. This is highly useful to drivers who often need to stop to sleep. imagine if a driver can sleep for 4 hours on one stretch of road which is deemed safe, then be woken with an alarm for the next stretch which is deemed hazardous. it would save driver stopping time if they planned their trip correctly (which they do).
@ricardokowalski1579
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
we already had autonomous trucks for over a century.
They are called trains
What you ALSO have is government intervention and meddling
@Th3L0wK1
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
My god Elon is a terrible public speaker. Holy shit.
@ZensationalRZ34
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
6:08 Elon cannot speak well at all. He’s just been lucky.
7:45 Elon lied? Ya don’t say?!?
@gfsquall
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
We’re gonna reinvent trains pretty soon.
@leonmortgage
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
It doesn’t have to be fully autonomous to change the industry. It just needs to reduse the difficulty of the task
@whatthef911
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Decades in the future the government could build out an infrastructure of sensors and signaling devices that instruct autonomous cars when to stop, when to go, and where to turn. Autonomous cars could be practical with centrally controlled signaling that monitors all the cars.
@chastity_belt
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Solution to the trucking if already existed like 200 years ago. It's called "railway". Requires less people, delivers more cargo at lower costs while being safer for everyone also.
But it isn't an option for US because automotive lobby not happy about it.
@dastankuspaev9217
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Autonomous cars should be demanded to be as safe as human driving,not safer
@kiaracuffie7241
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
"This beats rail" 😂😂😂 sure Elon, sure.
@porcus123
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Aurora trucks are so autonomous that they went from 1 driver needed to 2 drivers needed, where both of them are sitting on their asses on the down time.
@wegder
March 7, 2026 at 7:49 am
Musk Says Tesla Will Be the 2nd-Largest Semi Brand in America by 2024
The Tesla CEO claimed the company will make 50,000 Semis a year by 2024 — more trucks than Kenworth, Peterbilt, and Volvo Trucks sell in the U.S. each year.
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