by veen
Krafcik said trucking is one area where self-driving vehicles could soon appear in the next couple of years. The US currently lacks about 50,000 truck drivers required for logistics, and that'll grow to a shortage of about 275,000 over the next couple of years, he said. "The trucking shortage is now," Krafcik said. "Moving goods on freeways to hub to hub is fairly straightforward."