Korea self-drives into 2021 with platooning trucks leading the way

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Sometimes we’re offered visions of the future – like flying taxis – and the world pays attention because the idea is just so different. And while we’ve been promised all kinds of tech in South Korea’s near future, today we want to introduce something related to self-driving vehicles. In fact, there’s been a quiet tech revolution going on that you might not have heard too much about. Imagine driving along the highway and looking across at a line of 40-tonne trucks all moving in autonomous harmony. Well, that’s truck platooning!

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