Trucks catch up in the self-driving vehicle race


Paul Newman founder of British autonomous vehicle software startup Oxbotica is seen next to a converted pickup truck that has been used for test self-driving operations with a mining company in Oxford Britain October 22 2021. Picture taken October 22 2021. REUTERSNick Carey

Paul Newman, founder of British autonomous vehicle software startup Oxbotica, is seen next to a converted pickup truck that has been used for test self-driving operations with a mining company, in Oxford, Britain, October 22, 2021. Picture taken October 22, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Carey

OXFORD, England (Reuters) - We'd all be whizzing round in robotaxis by now if Elon Musk had been right.

Instead, fully self-driving cars are struggling to get away from the starting grid and some investors are betting that driverless trucks will reach the chequered flag first.

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