A historic milestone in U.S. road transport: Truck of the new company Bot Auto completed on 29 April the first fully autonomous commercial transport without any man on the vehicle. The truck traveled 372 km from Houston to Hutchins, Texas in less than four hours, during the night. Without a safety driver or remote operator, the vehicle delivered commercial cargo through Ryan Transportation. Bot Auto points out the economic advantage: operating costs of $1.89 per mile versus 3.78 with a driver, proving the commercial viability of technology.

Before the Middle East war, 40 tankers carrying 20 million barrels of crude oil and petroleum refining products crossed the Straits of Hormuz every day. Now few are tankers can pass through the Straits of Hormuz. Energy prices are projected to increase by 24% this year, at their highest level from [...]