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Torc Robotics, C.R. England to pilot autonomous reefer trucks
Torc Robotics announced a partnership with C.R. England to pilot long-haul Level IV autonomous trucks.
May 9, 2023
Hirschbach adds autonomous lane in Texas with Aurora
Hirschbach is testing an Aurora Driver-equipped autonomous truck on a reefer lane between Dallas and Houston. Also: Postal, drayage fleet orders 50 Nikola Tre FCEV trucks; legislation aimed at staged accidents, licensing introduced; more.
May 4, 2023
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Continental, Aurora announce autonomous driving partnership
Continental brings to the table its extensive automotive product portfolio; from sensors, automated driving control units (ADCU), high performance computers (HPC), telematics units, and more.
April 27, 2023
Autonomous
C.R. England announces autonomous partnership
The CCJ Top 250 carrier will deliver Tyson Foods products between Dallas and San Antonio, Texas, using Kodiak autonomous trucks. Also: Utah paper company gets state's first Volvo VNR Electric; XPO names new COO; Alaska driving school seeks ELDT exemption.
April 20, 2023
Safety & Compliance
California driverless truck ban passes committee
More than 4,250 motorists were killed on California roads in 2021 and more than 10% of crashes involved a large truck.
April 20, 2023
Technology
Highway thru technology hell
I’ve come to the conclusion that one of the biggest challenges facing the array of new trucking technologies is that the developers really don’t grasp that trucks crash and need to be repaired.
March 22, 2023
Autonomous
The dangers of over-promising and under-delivering autonomous trucks
The transportation sector is an example of an industry that may be over-promising and under-delivering on the concept of putting autonomous vehicles on the nation's open highways.
March 20, 2023
Safety & Compliance
California autonomous vehicle testing leaps ahead while leaving trucking behind
The California Department of Motor Vehicles reported a significant jump in autonomous vehicle testing sans Class 3-8 trucks and vans, which has industry experts questioning the overall value of their data.
March 17, 2023
Autonomous
California inching closer to driverless truck ban
California lawmakers are eying a bill that would impose a de facto ban on autonomous trucks in the state by requiring a human operator behind the wheel.
March 15, 2023
Equipment controls
Gatik expands its driverless middle mile service in Texas
Gatik counts Walmart and Kroger among its autonomous trucking customers.
March 15, 2023
Companies
Freedom Freight adding intermodal business through Savannah
Freight Solutions, is launching new intermodal services. Also: AV industry outlines policy recommendations to Congress, DOT; AAA reports public fear of AVs growing; battery electric truck start up Xos Thursday introduced its 2023 battery-electric Stepvan.
March 13, 2023
Technology
Artificial intelligence robot gag reel is a much needed reprieve
From robots to route optimization and self-driving capabilities, artificial intelligence is coming on strong in trucking, but as a blooper video from Boston Dynamics makes clear, there's still plenty of work to be done.
February 23, 2023
Autonomous
First carrier joins Volvo Autonomous Solutions reservation program
Ascend Dedicated – formerly Dedicated Transportation Solutions, which Ascend acquired last year – will pick up customer loads and transport them to V.A.S. hubs in Dallas and Houston, Texas.
February 22, 2023
Equipment controls
Plus lands OEM partner for its autonomous truck upfit
Plus' autonomous driving suite finds a global partner and should hit the U.S. market as factory-fit standard equipment next year.
February 22, 2023
Autonomous
FMCSA seeks more feedback on regs related to autonomous trucks
For the second time, FMCSA is asking for public feedback on how the agency should approach certain regulations as they relate to the deployment of autonomous trucks. Also: ELD removed from device registry; Freightliner, Love's partner for service; more.
February 1, 2023
Autonomous
Pronto focusing more on off-road autonomy as on-highway software challenges remain
Though strides have been made in autonomous driving technology, software still "can't generalize and predict" as well as developers had hoped, said Pronto Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Ognen Stojanovski.
January 31, 2023
Autonomous
Former USA Truck boss joins autonomous truck startup
As CEO, James Reed oversaw the sale of USA Truck to German transportation firm DB Schenker.
January 19, 2023
Autonomous
California reconsidering its unfriendly autonomous trucking regs?
California has permitted public testing of autonomous commercial vehicles trucks since 2019, but there is a 10,000 pound weight limit.
January 10, 2023
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