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Originally Posted by crockett
Trucks are not used for long, as a trucker most places won't let you carry loads if your truck is more than a few years old.
Entire fleets could be swapped to driverless in under 10 years if not 5 years.
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Where do you get that info?
A friend of mine's dad worked for a major trucking company and he had the same truck for about 15 years. Another person I know works for himself as an owner/driver and his truck is about 15 years old at least.
They might rebuild motors and transmissions, but my understanding is the truck isn't replaced that often.
That said, I think we will eventually see automated semi's take over the industry, but I don't think it will get serious for another 15-20 years.