An autonomous truck was spotted on Chinese highways without a human driver.

A video on social media went viral recently showing a truck on Chinese highway with no human driver.

The concept of self-driving vehicles has been around for years, but mostly focused on taxis; this real-world sighting of a truck on a highway underscores how rapidly china is deploying autonomous technology into the commercial sector.

The push for driverless trucks is being championed by technology giants like Baidu and American startups like Kodiak and Einride.

These companies are accelerating development because the potential rewards are immense. Autonomous trucks offer solutions to several persistent industry challenges, including the massive shortage of human truck drivers and the ability to significantly reduce operating costs by allowing vehicles to run continuously without mandated rest periods.

The appearance of this unmanned truck on a busy highway confirms that the transition to an AI-powered, driverless logistics network is not a theoretical future, but a commercial reality unfolding today. It marks a decisive moment in the global effort to automate the movement of goods.