Agility and flexibility essential on the path to the autonomous truck
Today’s transportation industry faces numerous technology-enabled challenges. Truck makers are faced with the need to develop autonomous,...
Read MoreCaterpillar’s autonomous vehicles may be used by NASA to mine the moon and build a lunar base
Caterpillar has been synonymous with big, heavy equipment — for farming, construction and mining — since Holt Manufacturing and C. L. Best...
Read MoreVolvo sets up new business unit for autonomous trucks
Luxury vehicle manufacturer Volvo Group recently announced that the company is in the process of establishing a new business area...
Read MoreSelf-driving truck company wants to test without ever using public roads
There are many technology races going on in the world today, including private space exploration, electric cars, and self-driving...
Read MoreIsuzu previews futuristic FL IR truck with autonomous “platooning” function
Isuzu has just released the first images of an innovative new truck concept dubbed the FL IR prior to its Tokyo Motor Show unveiling. All...
Read MorePlus.ai partners with MnDOT for autonomous trucks
New Delhi: Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has joined hands with Plus.ai, a self-driving trucking technology provider. As...
Read MoreSelf-driving truck startup Einride raises $25 million in new funding round
Autonomous electric delivery truck startup Einride raised $25 million in a Series A investment round it said would help expand the...
Read MoreThe blindspot monitoring in this pickup knows when you’re towing a yacht
In the future, as automotive technology advances, sensors will be everywhere. Bridges will know when you pass underneath, side lane...
Read MoreABB to provide smart chargers for autonomous vehicles in Singapore
ABB has won a contract from ST Engineering Land Systems Ltd. to deliver and commission integrated smart charging points for Automated...
Read MoreABB to provide smart chargers for autonomous vehicles in Singapore
ABB has won a contract from ST Engineering Land Systems Ltd. to deliver and commission integrated smart charging points for Automated...
Read MoreSelf-driving startup Embark raises $70 million, opens freight transfer hubs for robot big rigs
Embark Trucks, a self-driving tech firm created by two twenty-something Canadian computer scientists, just landed $70 million in new...
Read MoreIs the Scania AXL autonomous truck a self-driving workhorse of the future?
For over 100 years, automobiles have housed human passengers and the stuff they decided to take with them. Yet, the budding self-driving...
Read MoreDrivers’ jobs post-autonomy, ‘disruption in chunks’: Panel talks self-driving trucks
Speaking earlier this month at the FTR Transportation Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, representatives from three autonomous truck...
Read MoreTech startups cite progress on path to self-driving trucks
Over the past year, startups working to commercialize highly automated heavy-duty trucks competed for more capital and engineers, and...
Read MoreUsing Ouster’s Lidar, Nvidia targets 2022 for commercial launch of self-driving vehicles
NVIDIA has been working with Volvo Trucks to develop a flexible, scalable self-driving system for commercial use. A recent announcement...
Read MoreThe self-driving truck startup that’s been quietly moving UPS loads just pulled in $120 million in fresh funding
One of the hottest startups in autonomous trucking just another cash boon. TuSimple, which is based in San Diego and Beijing, announced on...
Read MoreWaymo eyes deploying self-driving technology in trucking: CEO Krafcik
Waymo is exploring deploying its self-driving technology in the trucking industry, CEO John Krafcik said on Thursday, as it works with...
Read MoreShould government promote autonomous trucks?
Autonomous trucks are coming. But they will get here faster if states and the federal government invest in infrastructure to promote their...
Read MoreDaimler, Torc begin testing self-driving trucks in Virginia
Daimler Trucks has begun testing highly automated heavy-duty trucks on Virginia highways in partnership with its subsidiary Torc Robotics,...
Read MoreCities are trying—again—to plan for autonomous vehicles
On the one hand, autonomous vehicles offer an excellent opportunity to rethink how American cities operate, down to each lane line,...
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