The province is pushing to allow driverless testing to occur on Manitoba highways.
This push comes from vehicle manufacturers rapidly growing the technology.
Manitoba NDP Leader, Wab Kinew, talks about the companies involved:
“Well, there are a lot of big companies that are really active in this space; pretty much every car company, as well as the biggest technology companies, like Google, Apple, and others, are using autonomous vehicles. Tesla already has vehicles on the market that could drive autonomously, and they also unveiled a semi-truck, this year, that they are planning to bring to market soon.”
Kinew feels a plan must be developed to protect and secure jobs with this change in mind.
