Google's autonomous vehicle unit to test semis in Atlanta

Days after ride-hailing administration Uber declared it was trying tractor-trailers that drive themselves, Google's self-governing vehicle task reported comparable testing in Georgia.

Waymo says that beginning one week from now it will run self-driving apparatuses in the Atlanta territory with human reinforcement drivers. They'll travel interstates and neighborhood streets to convey server racks and other load bound for Google's server farms.

The Alphabet Inc. unit says the trucks will have an indistinguishable innovation and sensors from self-ruling minivans that are being tried in the Phoenix region. Waymo wouldn't state what number of trucks are being tried, however it discharged pictures demonstrating two blue semis.

Uber declared Tuesday that its cargo unit was utilizing self-driving semis with human reinforcement drivers to pull shopper products on turnpikes in Arizona.