A Self-Driving Freight Truck Just Drove Across the Country to Deliver Butter

A Self-Driving Freight Truck Just Drove Across the Country to Deliver Butter

• Plus.ai, an artificial intelligence startup in Cupertino, California, has engineered an autonomous driving system for commercial freight trucks. This week, it made the world's first cross-country trip of its kind to deliver butter to a small town in Pennsylvania.
• While this isn't the first time an autonomous truck has made a cross-country trip, it's likely the first time a commercial freight truck has made a real delivery like this.
• Autonomous trucks are likely going to become mainstream before any self-driving consumer vehicles. That's because the long stretches of highway are pretty boring and predictable compared to the dynamic buzz of last-mile city streets.

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