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.
Daimler Unwraps Autonomous, Electric Demonstration Truck
Daimler Truck unveiled plans May 8 to begin operating an autonomous, battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia demonstration truck.
NHTSA Seeks Information From Tesla on Autopilot Fix
DETROIT — Federal highway safety officials want Tesla to tell them how and why it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles equipped with the company’s Autopilot system.
C.H. Robinson Automates Email Responses With AI
C.H. Robinson says it has launched an artificial intelligence platform that automates responses to email requests from shippers seeking answers to commonplace inquiries.
Automation and New Vehicle Technology Bring New Challenges
PHOENIX — The amount of safety technology available to fleets has exploded over the past 20 years, creating a new intersection of safety, technology and regulation.
California Legislators Seek to Override Veto of AV Bills
California legislators have reintroduced a pair of bills regulating autonomous trucks to potentially override a veto in September by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Waabi Opens Texas Terminal as Hub for Self-Driving Trucks
Waabi Innovation opened a terminal in Lancaster, Texas, to serve as the center of the company’s operations in the state, which are at the heart of the self-driving truck specialist’s ambitions.
Tesla Stock Leaps on Reports of Chinese Approval of FSD
NEW YORK — Shares of Tesla stock rallied April 29 after CEO Elon Musk paid a surprise visit to Beijing over the weekend and reportedly won tentative approval for its driving software.
April 29, 2024Logistics Supply Chain Shows Steadiness Amid Rough Waters
During the past four years, supply chain and logistics companies have ridden the highs and lows of a market that included a pandemic and fractured economy to keep goods moving.