Autonomous
Autonomous technologies now drive significant change in trucking and freight transportation. Transport Topics autonomous coverage provides a comprehensive look at that change. It provides the latest details on deployment concepts such as advanced driver-assist systems, transfer hubs, teleoperations, platooning and off-road automation and latest analysis of the companies who are manufacturing, adopting and investing in these technologies. Readers can follow the impact such deployment has on everything from policy and infrastructure initiatives to highway congestion, fuel consumption, fleet management, driver management and business investment.
Who’s Still In Autonomous Trucking?
The crowded field of developers in the autonomous truck space has winnowed during the past year. Those that remain continue to lay the foundation for large-scale industry adoption.
Autonomous Trucks Reshaping the Freight Industry
Autonomous trucking, once regarded as the stuff of science fiction, is gradually moving closer to viability in real-world freight operations after years of investment, development and on-road testing.
Judge: Tesla Must Face Suit Alleging Buyers Were Misled
Tesla must face a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that it misled consumers about its cars’ self-driving capabilities, a U.S. district judge ruled May 15.
Motional Halts Las Vegas Commercial Self-Driving Operations
Autonomous vehicle company Motional is halting its Las Vegas commercial self-driving operations and laying off 129 Southern Nevada employees.
Spate of Self-Driving Probes Points to Higher Safety Bar
Companies offering driver-assistance systems and developing autonomous vehicles are entering a new phase of more exacting oversight.
NHTSA Investigates Waymo Self-Driving Tech After Crashes
DETROIT — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency has opened another investigation of automated driving systems, this time into crashes involving Waymo’s self-driving vehicles.
GM’s Cruise to Resume Robotaxi Tests in Phoenix This Week
General Motors’ troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit said May 13 that it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board.
May 13, 2024Smarter Vehicles Could Mean Big Changes for Traffic Lights
As cars and trucks get smarter and more connected, the humble lights that have controlled the flow of traffic for more than a century could also be on the cusp of a major transformation.
NHTSA Probes Zoox After Two Autonomous SUV Crashes
NHTSA has opened an investigation into Zoox, the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., after two incidents in which its SUVs suddenly braked and were rear-ended.
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