How Uber Freight is leveraging AI to make truck routes more efficient

Moving air has become a nuisance for the trucking industry in recent years.

A recent industry report estimated that at any given moment, roughly 35% of all trucks on US freeways were empty of goods.

For example, a truck driver might secure a load to haul from Long Beach, California, to Chicago, but once they drop off the load, they’ll head home with a trailer full of, well, nothing but air.

This problem isn’t just about inefficiency but also cost. Wasted time and…