What if Autonomous Trucks Don’t Deliver?
What if technology hurdles prove too great and autonomous trucks don’t enter into the market in the next few years? Has all that R&D been for nothing?
Insights on ground-breaking technical developments and trends in an industry being transformed by technology, from the latest equipment, systems and components, to telematics and autonomous vehicle technologies.
What if technology hurdles prove too great and autonomous trucks don’t enter into the market in the next few years? Has all that R&D been for nothing?
Trucking is starting to move past the skepticism and discussion phase of new technologies and into the skinned-knuckles, nitty-gritty, how to implement them into fleet operations.
A solid state Lidar system introduced by Opsys has no moving parts and can be installed behind automotive glass with no degradation of image quality.
CES 2023 – perhaps the best-known showcase for new technology – offers a glimpse into trucking’s future.
There’s a lot happening in trucking these days. Here are the top trendlines HDT’s Senior Contributing Editor Jack Roberts will be looking out for in 2023.
Change is coming to trucking. But it might not be as disruptive as you think. Senior Contributing Editor Jack Roberts shares what he learned in 2022 in his Truck Tech blog.
An ACT Research report says a massive truck prebuy may hit in 2026. What will that do for emerging technologies on trucks?
An often overlooked solution for reducing diesel fuel costs, consumption and emissions may be close at hand, speculates HDT’s Senior Contributing Editor Jack Roberts.
New powertrains and autonomous technology will radically alter the trucking industry. But what about trusty old vocational workhorses? HDT's Senior Contributing Editor Jack Roberts talks it through.
It appears that drones are poised to add their fair share of disruption to how fleets operate — particularly those engaged in middle- and last-mile delivery operations.
HDT Senior Contributing Editor Jack Roberts shares his top take-aways from ACT Expo. Mainly, not to count the internal combustion engine out just yet.
Could data from crowd-sourced traffic apps on smartphones integrate into autonomous control systems on our cars and trucks? Jack Roberts wonders in his Truck Tech blog.
ConMet’s advanced trailer wheel hub technologies may hold the key to making long-range electric trucks a viable option for fleets.
Some predict autonomous truck technology will put tens of thousands of truck drivers out of work, but does it have the potential to create far more trucking industry jobs?
Some “electric skeptics” took exception to Senior Contributing Editor Jack Roberts’ recent Truck Tech blog by the same title.
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