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Not so autonomous: Wifi outage results in driverless truck crash at Fortescue mine

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2019 | 5:21 am Australia Iron Ore 

Iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) revealed Friday that one of its massive driverless trucks collided with another at one of its Western Australia mines earlier this week. There were no injuries. The truck, said the company, was traveling...

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