FMCSA denies request for longer workdays for autonomous-truck drivers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration denied an application from Pronto.ai requesting that its drivers be allowed to operate...
Read MoreNew York City truck accident lawyer update: Autonomous trucks are here. Are they safe?
New York City, NY , Sept. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — New York City Truck Accident Lawyer Jonathan C. Reiter Update: As children,...
Read MoreNikola chairman, VectoIQ CEO Steve Girsky eyes his next transportation investment
Steve Girsky, the former GM vice chairman, consultant and investor whose special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merged with hydrogen...
Read MoreSPAC fever, transportation sanitation and the impossibility of Level 5 autonomy
(Bloomberg) — As a founding partner at the San Francisco venture capital fund Trucks, Reilly Brennan has met with thousands of...
Read MoreWilson Logistics will put Locomation’s autonomous driving tech in 1,000 trucks
Autonomous trucking company Locomation today announced that Wilson Logistics has agreed to equip 1,120 of its trucks with Locomation’s...
Read MoreVW’s Traton Group strikes a deal with TuSimple to develop autonomous trucks
The Traton Group, Volkswagen AG’s heavy-truck business, has taken a minority stake in TuSimple as part of an agreement between the two...
Read MoreCVSA releases new video on the future of commercial vehicle safety and enforcement
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) recently released a stop-motion video on the future of commercial motor vehicle safety...
Read MoreGerman space agency’s modular self-driving truck is just a life-size children’s toy from the ’70s
Swiss Army Knives are brilliant. Why have one knife when you can have six in one handy, pocket-sized package? They are the epitome of...
Read MoreChina’s race to develop autonomous vehicles
China is making major investments in autonomous vehicles (AVs) and is planning extensive development in all aspects of this emerging...
Read MoreDigging into autonomous truck tech on HDT Talks Trucking podcast
Two new special-report HDT Talks Trucking podcast episodes dig into the technology behind autonomous trucks. These special reports are...
Read MoreNASA safety expert joins Torc Robotics self-driving truck team
BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Former NASA safety engineering executive John Marinaro has joined Torc Robotics, the...
Read MoreDaimler Trucks and Torc Robotics celebrate one year of successful collaboration – adding testing center in New Mexico
September 2020 marks one year of Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics partnering as a team after the U.S. based automated driving technology...
Read MoreU.S. NHTSA’s autonomous vehicle test tracking tool is light on data
In June, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) detailed the Automated Vehicle Transparency and Engagement for...
Read MoreRyder, DHL, NFI sign with Ike to deploy autonomous trucks
Ike, a developer of autonomous trucking technology, today announced partnerships with Ryder, DHL, and NFI to deploy Level 4 autonomous...
Read MoreLooking under the hood: Anticipating the knock-on effects of AVs
As the concept of autonomous vehicles (AVs) has advanced into the mainstream, we’ve all seen more and more articles telling us how AVs...
Read MoreWaymo self-driving trucks hit the road in Texas
Texas will see more of Waymo in the months and years to come. On Tuesday, Alphabet’s self-driving car division said it’s...
Read MoreGreat ocean explorers, tobacco, Locomation and a good sign for AV progress
A previous article “Christopher Columbus And Evaluating Autonomous Vehicles As An Investor” discussed the nature of the Autonomous Vehicle...
Read MoreWhere are we with public sentiment on autonomous vehicles?
There is a political and economic value to the sentiment of the everyday transportation user. Does the transportation that I have...
Read MoreThe moral & ethical considerations of self-driving vehicles
A few days ago, my esteemed colleague Maarten Vinkhuyzen posted an excellent article on self-driving systems that explores the difference...
Read MoreCOMMENT: How to get consumers ready for autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicles are the future of the automotive industry, with car companies from Tesla to Fiat Chrysler and Volkswagen developing...
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