Aurora Self-Driving Trucks Go Live in Texas, Reigniting Job Displacement Debate

Aurora's autonomous trucks are now operating on Texas roads, putting the long-discussed displacement of truck drivers into concrete, present-tense reality.

Aurora's self-driving trucks began operating in Texas, as @WallStreetApes documented amid a wave of debate about impacts on the roughly 3.5 million trucking jobs in the United States. The deployment is initially limited in scope, but it moves autonomous freight from perpetual "next year" territory into operational reality.

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