SupplyChain Magazine December 2020 | Page 74

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10 Automated Vehicles

While companies like Tesla , ZF and others dominate the news with their pioneering automated vehicles their core message is simple : the driver of the future isn ’ t a driver , but a passenger of an electric-powered , AI-controlled super-car . It ’ s a pretty picture , and I reckon we ’ d all like to have a go . This message is echoed throughout supply chain logistical networks - automated delivery lorries and freight-hauliers bombing up the motorway without a human in sight . The concept itself is idyllic and the prospect revolutionary , however , there is a major problem that needs to be addressed before it becomes a reality ; they ’ re not wholly legal - not yet , anyway . On the bright side , electric vehicles are here . That ’ s step one .
DECEMBER 2020