Waymo to develop self-driving trucks

Alphabet’s self-driving car firm - Waymo - is working on developing self-driving heavy-duty trucks.

According to The Independent, Waymo is looking to expand its self-driving car efforts and expects autonomous vehicles to take over longer distance trucking in the coming years.

This is in order to allow human drivers to handle local pickup and delivery routes.

In a statement, a Waymo spokesperson said: “We’re taking our eight years of experience in building self-driving hardware and software and conducting a technical exploration into how our technology can integrate into a truck.”