Behold, a KargoBot autonomous semi-truck navigating Chinese roads with no human babysitter in sight. The company, spun out of ride-hailing giant DiDi, is deploying these L4 behemoths for bulk commodity transport, often in a “hybrid intelligent mode” where one driver leads a platoon of autonomous trucks. It’s a compelling, if slightly unnerving, argument that the future of logistics has no one in the driver’s seat.
