A self-powered truck or motor vehicle used for hauling cargo, especially an early motorized truck as opposed to horse-drawn variants.
From auto- (self) + truck (from Middle Dutch trocke, wheel). Early 20th-century term distinguishing motor trucks from horse-drawn wagons.
When 'autotrucks' first appeared in the 1900s, they revolutionized delivery—replacing unreliable horses with reliable engines meant goods could move faster and more consistently than ever before.
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