Nevada Governor Asks State Officials to Support Self-Driving Vehicles
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval wants state transportation officials to consider adding support for self-driving vehicles as part of a multimillion-dollar highway widening and expansion project in Las Vegas, the Associated Press reported.
June 12, 2015Driver-Assistive Truck Platooning Boosts Fuel Economy, Report Says
A new report by Auburn University found that driver-assistive truck platooning can realize up to 10% fuel economy for the trailing truck and up to 5% fuel economy for the leading truck.
May 29, 2015Self-Driving Truck Corridor From Mexico to Canada Proposed
A trade group recently proposed the creation of a corridor for self-driving trucks to deliver freight without passports or visas from Mexico to Canada, CBC reported.
May 27, 2015Driverless Vehicles May Cut US Auto Sales by 40%, Analyst Says
U.S. auto sales may drop about 40% in the next 25 years because of shared driverless cars, forcing mass-market producers such as General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. to slash output, a Barclays analyst said.
May 20, 2015Driverless Trucks Installed at California Ports to Boost Efficiency
The Port of Los Angeles recently put an automated terminal into service, and along with the adjacent Port of Long Beach is spending $3.7 billion to boost capacity and unravel bottlenecks that strand ships in the bay and idle trucks on land.
May 19, 2015April Class 8 Sales Rise 15%
Heavy-duty truck sales climbed 15% in April from a year earlier and surpassed the 20,000 mark for the fifth time in eight months after reaching that level only one other time since 2006, according to WardsAuto.com.
May 18, 2015Daimler’s Bernhard Wants Governments to Speed Approval of Self-Driving Trucks
Speaking at the Hoover Dam in Nevada just prior to formally introducing the Freightliner Inspiration autonomous-driving truck, Wolfgang Bernhard, head of Daimler’s global truck and bus unit, said “whoever has the regulatory framework in place” will be the first to get autonomous vehicles.
May 18, 2015ATRI, Minnesota Trucking Assn. Plan Study on Safety Records of Younger Truck Drivers
The American Transportation Research Institute and the Minnesota Trucking Association are joining forces to conduct a pilot project that will compare the records of young drivers with those of more experienced drivers.
May 18, 2015US Trucking Revenue Sets Record in 2014, Surpasses $700 Billion, ATA Report Says
Trucking industry revenue set a record last year, reaching $700.4 billion, American Trucking Associations reported.
May 18, 2015ATA-led Coalition Accuses Regulators of Skewing Restart Study
American Trucking Associations and a coalition of more than 100 industry stakeholders have asked members of the House Appropriations Committee to include legislative provisions that would block federal regulators from skewing the results of their hours of service restart study.
May 13, 2015