Self-driving trucks tested

SELF-DRIVING trucks could begin delivering goods from Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port, to other Dutch cities within five years under a plan by a group of logistics and technology companies unveiled this week.

Self-driving trucks tested

The Netherlands is reviewing traffic laws to make large-scale testing of the technology possible on public roads, Infrastructure and environment minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen wrote to parliament in a letter outlining the plan.

Initial testing would start on computer simulations and the trucks will be tested on a closed track before ultimately driving out on public roads, her letter said.

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