Category: Autonomous Trucking

Autonomous technology is moving off the test track and onto public highways. The trucking industry is making an aggressive financial case for it: lower labor costs, round-the-clock utilization, fewer crashes. Much of that math holds up. But the numbers that sell a fleet on going driverless don’t answer the question that matters most after something goes wrong on the road: when an autonomous truck causes a crash, who is responsible? Here is what the financials actually show, and where they go quiet. Key takeaways The Up-Front Cost of the Technology The first cost is acquiring the hardware and converting an 18-wheeler to drive itself. According to Goldman Sachs Research, equipping a truck with autonomous technology in the U.S. currently runs $125,000 to $150,000 per truck. That figure is projected to fall to $35,000 to $40,000 by 2035 as hardware matures and production scales. Goldman projects autonomous trucks will reach cost parity with human-driven ones around 2028. That is the cost for a single vehicle. For

Self-driving trucks are already on American highways, but when one crashes into you, who’s responsible? The AV company, the truck manufacturer, or the fleet operator? A board-certified truck accident attorney breaks down how liability works when there’s no driver to blame.