The Tennessee Department of Transportation has partnered with a private freight operator to test driverless trucks on a 40-mile stretch of Interstate 40 between Memphis and Blue Oval City. According to an article in Memphis Today, “Tennessee’s pilot project represents the latest effort by a state to integrate autonomous vehicles into its transportation infrastructure, a trend that will likely continue to raise debate over the merits and risks of this emerging technology.”
Blue Oval City is a major planned manufacturing complex that is slated to produce Ford vehicles, and state officials say the “Smart Freight Corridor” pilot program will strengthen this critical freight route…