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Will technology provide a boost to truck drivers — or will it replace them?

  • Camila Domonoske--NPR
  • published date: 2025-11-24 10:00:00 UTC

The American economy depends on truckers. Technology is promising to transform this industry with new driver-assistance features that are meant to make the job safer and less demanding.

The American economy depends on truckers. Their big rigs ferry food, fuel and countless other goods around the country. But it's also a dangerous and exhausting job, simultaneously stressful and mono… [+13806 chars]