Uber's Self-Driving Truck Scheme Hinges on Logistics, Not Tech

The most impressive thing about the Uber trip from the Midwest to Southern California wasn't that the truck drove itself the 344 miles across Arizona. It was what happened when two men named Larry and Mark met at the western edge of the Copper State. Larry, the trained safety driver, had spent the autonomous voyage watching over his robot. Mark was freshly arrived from Los Angeles in a conventional truck. Each unhitched their trailer and hooked up to the other's.