Bay Area startup is testing self-driving semis on California freeways

Do you think autonomous trucks will still be able to blow the air horn for school children?

Otto, a Bay Area-based autonomous mobility startup, announced Tuesday morning that it has been testing self-driving semi trucks on American freeways.

Moreover, it aims to retrofit big rigs with its autonomous driving unique sensors, hardware and software in order to revolutionize the trucking industry.

Essentially, it wants to make America's 4.3 million semi trucks autonomous.

Founded earlier this year by former Apple, Cruise and Google employees, the 40-employee, self-funded startup has been operating three retrofitted Volvo VLN 780 semis in California. Read more...