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Newsby StaffJanuary 11, 2019

Udelv Unveils Newest Autonomous Delivery Van at CES

Udelv, manufacturers of the Newton van, also announced a series of strategic partnerships with retailers worldwide at the show.

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Newsby Jack RobertsJanuary 10, 2019

Continental Shows Future Technology Vision at CES

Dog-like robots could one day be delivering packages from driverless vans, as demonstrated in a vision of the future presented by Continental at the CES electronics show in Las Vegas.

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Newsby Jack RobertsJanuary 9, 2019

Peloton CEO: Platooning Still Shows Promise for Enhanced Fuel Economy

In an exclusive HDT interview, Peloton founder and CEO Josh Switkes responds to news reports that Daimler may not pursue further research in truck platooning technology.

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Newsby Jim ParkJanuary 8, 2019

Daimler Nixes Platooning, Focuses on Automation

Saying the technology required to make platooning produces very limited reductions in operating cost, Daimler Truck North America has decided to pass on platooning and focus instead on advancing its position in vehicle automation.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 7, 2019

TuSimple Adds More Autonomous Trucking Routes in Arizona

Citing increased demand from its 12 contracted customers TuSimple, a self-driving truck technology company, will increase the number of trucks in fully autonomous operation from 11 to 40 by June of this year.

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Newsby Jim ParkJanuary 7, 2019

Freightliner Says New Cascadia Has First Level 2 Automation in North America

Daimler Trucks North America announced at CES in Las Vegas that it’s now offering what it says is the first Level 2 automated truck in series production in North America with the latest enhancements to the Freightliner new Cascadia. Level 2 automation means the truck is capable of both lateral (steering) and longitudinal (acceleration/deceleration) control.

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Truck Techby Jack RobertsJanuary 4, 2019

Safety vs. Saturation

During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Air Force learned a hard lesson: The consequences of information overload can be severe – even fatal. And that lesson matters as new technology finds its way onto trucks.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeDecember 21, 2018

8 Trends to Watch in Trucking in 2019

Reporting on the trucking industry was eventful in 2018, and it looks to get even more exciting in 2019. HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge shares her predictions for where we're going with drivers, regulations, technology and more.

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Truck Techby Jack RobertsDecember 18, 2018

What the Wright Brothers and Huffman's Prairie Can Tell us About Truck Technology in 2018

2018 saw a host of old and new trucking suppliers putting the final touches on a host of amazing new technologies. If the past is any indication, that period of refinement is set to end, and the deployment of these new technologies is imminent, says Senior Editor Jack Roberts in his Truck Tech blog.

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Newsby Jack RobertsDecember 13, 2018

Autonomous Trucks Could Radically Transform U.S. Logistics Within a Decade

A new report from a global logistics think tank predicts that autonomous trucks could cause massive disruption and upheaval by 2027.

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