Tractor trucks are equipped with automatic driving technology, no room for humans

Is this the future? Is this the end for long-distance drivers?

Most experts believe that the first industry affected by automation is long-distance truck driving. What is the more practical application for driverless technology rather than using it on stretches of seemingly endless highways? And that is the thinking of the Swedish founders of start-up Einride. Recently, they have 'unveiled' a self-driving truck with no steering wheel, no brakes, no windshield, but said that there is no cabin at all.

The T-pod can be remotely controlled or fully autonomous without human intervention.

This T-pod electric car is much shorter than a regular tractor, only 7 meters by cutting off the cockpit of the vehicle. Einride said the T-pod will have a payload of about 20 tons, equivalent to Class 8 tractors. The T-pod can be remotely controlled or fully driven without human or public intervention. This company announced.

Einride revealed that they will bring 'a complete transportation system between Gothenburg and Helsingborg' in 2020. The system will include 200 T-pod cars with multiple charging stations scattered across many route. By now, Einride has achieved 60% of the total number of vehicles mentioned above, and it is calculated that they will be able to carry up to 2 million pieces of wood each year. The test car was on display at the week-long Almedalen event on the island of Gotland.

Self-driving truck without cabin.

Make sure that the image of a truck without a cabin will continue to scare the fear of automation that will rob workers of future jobs. In the US, there are 4.4 million jobs related to operating vehicles, of which truck drivers account for about 2.5 million. A recent study has shown that self-driving cars will cause 50 to 70% of current drivers in the US and Europe to lose their jobs by 2030, equivalent to 4.4 million people / 6.4 million people. will have to find a new 'rice rod' .

Video introducing T-po cars d.

Although facing the risk of increasing unemployment, but the technology giants are determined to pursue the truck to drive to the end. Alphabet's subsidiary Waymo is testing a model, and Uber is also out of play. Meanwhile, Tesla is preparing to launch its first pickup electric car with some automatic features. But most of these big guys, and even some of the less prominent names like Embark, have not yet completely deposed the driver's position as Einride.