A skilled driver could move the truck to a freeway, get out, and then let automation take over. Then at the other end the truck could stop and let a driver climb in and drive off the freeway and onto trickier surface roads.
An autonomous vehicle has to have cameras and sensors and the ability for a computer to control it. With these in place it should be possible for a human to operate it remotely (like military drones). I would imagine this would be a good intermediate step before full automation.
Do you mean continuously or only at the refueling stations? It makes me think of how some fast-food places outsource the drive-through ordering process to call centers.
Basically operate it remotely for the first and last mile (instead of the driver physically being in the truck), and let the computer take over for the long stretches on the freeway.
An autonomous vehicle has to have cameras and sensors and the ability for a computer to control it. With these in place it should be possible for a human to operate it remotely (like military drones). I would imagine this would be a good intermediate step before full automation.