INSPIRATION FOR THE FUTURE OF TRUCKING: Freightliner's Inspiration Truck offers interesting glimpse at technologies that may not be far down the road

摘要

To say that trucking faces some extreme challenges might qualify as the understatement of the decade. According to government and industry estimates, about 70% of all freight tonnage in the U.S. - about 9.4 billion tons a year - travels by truck. Globally, it's expected that road freight transport will triple by 2050, thanks in large measure to the increasing propensity of people to do much of their shopping online, which translates to more products being moved and delivered by trucks.