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Beer run! Self-driving truck goes on 120-mile delivery

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DENVER (AP) – Anheuser-Busch said it completed the world’s first commercial shipment by self-driving truck, sending a beer-filled tractor-trailer on a journey of more than 120 miles through Colorado.

The company said it teamed with self-driving truck maker Otto and the state of Colorado for the feat. The trailer, loaded with Budweiser beer, began the self-driving trip Thursday at a weigh station in Fort Collins, Colo., and ran along Interstate 25 through Denver before wrapping up in Colorado Springs.

The company said a professional truck driver was on board for the entire route and monitored the trip from the cab’s sleeper berth.

Anheuser-Busch said it hopes to see self-driving technology widely deployed.

Otto was recently acquired by Uber.

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