<div dir="ltr">Now they have <b>18</b> wheels.<div><br></div>"Daimler bigwig Wolfgang Bernhard and Nevada governor Brian Sandoval are sharing a stage, mugging for the phalanx of cameras, together holding the metal rectangle that will, in just a minute, be slapped onto the world’s first officially recognized self-driving truck.<br><br>"The truck in question is the Freightliner Inspiration, a teched-up version of the Daimler 18-wheeler sold around the world. And according to Daimler, which owns Mercedes-Benz, it will make long-haul road transportation safer, cheaper, and better for the planet.<br><br>“There’s a clear need for this generation of trucks, and we’re the pioneers who are willing to tackle it,” says Bernhard."<div><br></div><div><i>But read on - it's not quite as startling as it seems.</i><br><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/05/worlds-first-self-driving-semi-truck-hits-road/">http://www.wired.com/2015/05/worlds-first-self-driving-semi-truck-hits-road/</a><br><div><br></div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><i><br></i></div><div><span style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">A conclusion is the place where you got sick of thinking.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mark Kelly</div><div>mark AT vceit DOT com</div><div><a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>- Gainfully Unemployed</div><div>- ITA Edulist Moderator</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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