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Newsby David CullenJanuary 3, 2021

How Truck Automation May Change Roadside Inspections

What will happen during a roadside inspection when a truck is highly or fully automated? And how might a truly “driverless” truck be inspected at an accident scene? HDT Talks Trucking turns to CVSA to find out.

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Truck Techby Jack RobertsDecember 29, 2020

Imagining a Completely Driverless Truck

A truck designed from the ground up with only minimal considerations for human passengers would be a radically different vehicle from the ones on the road today.

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Newsby StaffDecember 23, 2020

Autonomous Truck Developer Ike Acquired by Nuro

Nuro, an autonomous technology company that specializes in small-item, urban deliveries, has acquired autonomous truck development company Ike.

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PodcastsDecember 15, 2020

On The Road to Smarter Smart Trailers

Smart Trailers are upending how truck fleets do business. These formerly brainless boxes are now providing insights and intelligence to fleets that help improve efficiency and productivity while making fleets proactive rather than reactive. Paul Menig of Business Accelerants discusses where this technology can take us, and what we'll need to do to get there.

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Newsby StaffDecember 9, 2020

Buyer of Uber's Self-Driving Business Targets Autonomous Trucks

Autonomous technology developer Aurora, which just bought Uber's self-driving vehicle business, says its first market-ready product will be an autonomous truck.

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Truck Techby Jack RobertsDecember 7, 2020

Like to Drive? Don't Worry About the Robots.

Some people like to drive. Other people, not so much. Why autonomous technology will be a good thing for both groups.

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Newsby StaffDecember 2, 2020

Waymo Expands Autonomous Tech R&D

Waymo announced two new research and development facilities to help it advance its Waymo Driver autonomous driving system across multiple vehicle platforms and environments.

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Newsby StaffNovember 30, 2020

NACFE Adds Autonomous Trucking Insight to Website

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency has introduced a new series of papers designed to help fleet executives prepare for the eventual deployment of autonomous trucks.

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Newsby Jack RobertsNovember 13, 2020

Daimler Showcases Second-Generation Autonomous Freightliner Cascadia

Daimler Trucks zeros in on driver safety and freight efficiency as its main autonomous technology goals.

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Newsby Jim ParkNovember 9, 2020

Plus/FAW Joint Venture First to Certify Self-Driving Truck in China

Independent certification of the self-driving technology is a critical step toward proving the commercial readiness its self-driving technology in China.

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