And who will win general driving is yet open, and just assuming it Waymo is foolish. I think is funny how on HN people dismiss Tesla when there are actually tons of people who already do their commute on the highway almost without intervention literally all over the world.
They have trucks that will have this same feature and they have already talked about the idea of platooning.
Just downvoting me because you don't think Tesla approach is as good as Waymo/Daimler approach doesn't make what I said wrong.
That's just advanced driver assistance, nowhere near "full self driving". Granted, it's better than other cars, but it's still not self driving.
Also, "almost without intervention" has no meaning if you have to keep your hand at the wheel at all times ready to takeover.
Or I guess you mean they still need a driver because of compliance/legal issues?
What you suggest is an interesting idea, a total change on how we think about truck logistics. Its certainty possible but I don't know if we will ever get there. By the time the legal things are sorted out, the trucks might just drive themselves all the way to the destination.
The problem is just that you still need a driver anyway, so it really doesn't help that much for now.
Its the same problem Waymo has in general.