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Articlesby Jim ParkMarch 19, 2021

Can We Trust Autonomous Driving Technology?

There is a huge amount of activity in the tech sector surrounding the development and deployment of self-driving vehicles. Are they ready for the road?

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Articlesby Jim ParkMarch 19, 2021

Building an Autonomous Truck Driver

Autonomous trucks learn and think and adapt to situations just like human drivers, but they do it faster, and they never tire or become distracted. At least that’s the promise. Learn more about the technology behind autonomous trucks.

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Truck Techby Jack RobertsJanuary 26, 2021

Follow the Money if You’re Tracking Autonomous Truck Technology

Lots of new partners and high-dollar investments indicate autonomous truck research and development is entering a new phase.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeOctober 30, 2020

Daimler Partners with Lidar Company on Autonomous-Truck Development

Daimler announced a strategic partnership with Luminar Technologies, a provider of automotive lidar hardware and software technology, to address a key enabling technology for autonomous truck operation, or what Daimler calls "highly automated" trucks.

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Newsby StaffOctober 8, 2020

Daimler, Torc Expanding Autonomous Testing With Next-Gen Test Trucks

Torc Robotics and Daimler Trucks North America’s co-development of autonomous truck technology takes the next step, as the second iteration of test trucks designed to work with Torc’s SAE Level 4 autonomous self-driving technology hit the road for testing.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 3, 2020

Torc’s Fleming: Retrofitting Trucks for Autonomy 'Not Commercially Viable'

Unlike their competitors, Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics won’t give a definitive timeline to deployment for driverless trucks — and say that in their development, they must be built from the ground up.

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