Smart Tugs And Trucks That Don't Sleep. Automation Rewires US Transport

By Gavin Maguire

LITTLETON, Colorado, Aug 14 (Reuters) – U.S. transportation has steadily become more efficient through advances in engine technology, infrastructure upgrades and increasingly sophisticated logistics networks.

The next wave is different. Automation is turning transportation networks into continuously optimizing systems that consume less energy per unit moved, operate for longer hours, reduce labor bottlenecks and reshape demand for fuels and electricity.

Across rivers, roads, rail and air, software increasingly determines how energy is consumed and how goods move throughout the U.S.

Driverless trucks are hauling commercial loads in Texas, while AI is being deployed on Mississippi River