Wisconsin Eyes Driverless Cars Ferrying Foxconn LCD Fab Workers to and From Their Jobs 

The project to upgrade a stretch of Interstate 94 in southeastern Wisconsin for Foxconn’s new Gen 6 LCD fab in Mount Pleasant (see 1904190038) “came together very fast” and will be completed by June, State Transportation Secretary Craig Thompson (D) told the WisconsinEye public-affairs network Friday. “By late fall, we should be open, four lanes each way,” he said. “It should feel pretty close to being done.” The work site was the scene of a major crash in mid-June in which two semi-truck drivers were killed. “People need to slow down” when traveling through that construction zone, said Thompson. Asked if he sees driverless vehicles one day ferrying Foxconn workers to and from their jobs at the plant, Thompson said: “I don’t know that we’re going to be there in the next couple of years, but it’s something we want to keep open to.”