1-startup 新兴公司，初创公司

In the last several years, startups from around the world have begun to offer billions of people new options to transfer goods and move around their cities.

2-literal 字面上的

3-at the frefront of 处于最前沿

For Julian Ma, the founder and CEO of Inceptio technology, the concept of autonomy is very literal, as his company is at the forefront of autonomous trucking in the Chinese market.

4-viable 可实施的，切实可行的

Ma said that he expects driverless trucks to be commercially viable in the next three years.

5-mileage 行驶里程

99% of the time, and more than 99% of the mileage, the trucks will run by themselves.

6-standby待命，备用

But in the meantime there will still be a safety driver on standby for any sort of extraodinary situation, which sounds a little bit dumb, but in reality it has a huge benefit.