Waymo takes on Uber over plans for self-driving trucks

Waymo is hoping to expand its vehicle automation efforts to delivery trucks in a challenge to similar plans by rival firm Uber. The self-driving car unit of Google parent Alphabet is gambling that autonomous vehicles will take over long distance haulage in the coming years. But their plans would still see human drivers handling local pickup and delivery routes. Waymo is hoping to expand its efforts to delivery trucks in a challenge to similar plans by rival firm Uber. A Goldman Sachs Economics Research report issued earlier this month found that autonomous vehicles will take large numbers of jobs away from drivers in the US.