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Re:Ford CEO says the company 'overestimated' self-driving cars by notahacker on Thursday April 11, 2019 @05:40AM (#19632460)
Autonomous service vehicles for mining industries and ports are being developed by the big truck manufacturers and are far more likely to succeed in the near term (less for the AI to handle, private land so fewer regulatory hurdles), but they just don't get as much hype (positive and negative) as the idea of revolutionising our commute.
Re:Ford CEO says the company 'overestimated' self-driving cars by jacques_chester on Thursday April 11, 2019 @07:34AM (#19633205)
Rio Tinto, the world's second largest mining company, already has autonomous trucks and trains.

They've been at it for some time now[0]. Even with a massive budget and highly controlled environments (trains don't have to follow lanes, after all) it's proved to be quite difficult.

[0] http://www.riotinto.com/australia/pilbara/mine-of-the-future...