The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration denied an application from Pronto.ai requesting that drivers of its autonomous-tech trucks be allowed to operate longer hours than current hours-of-service regulations allow.
Software for a first-of-its-kind autonomous vehicle subscription service is aimed at companies that require deployment in short timeframes. The software stack is capable of running on any vehicle.
The Traton Group and TuSimple recently announced a global partnership to develop self-driving trucks.
Zoox is the fourth company, along with Waymo, Nuro, and AutoX, to receive a driverless testing permit in the state.
The Olli 2.0 was delivered to Jacksonville in late August through a partnership with Beep, a Florida-based autonomous mobility-as-a-service provider, Local Motors by LM Industries, a digital vehicle manufacture, and Robotic Research LLC, a connected, autonomous technology providers.
A seminar at the 2020 Fleet Forward Experience will bring two autonomous tech startups together with the views of incumbent fleet management to understand autonomous business models for fleets.
Two new special-report HDT Talks Trucking podcast episodes dig into the technology behind autonomous trucks.
Testing autonomous trucks is more complex than it seems. The men and women sitting in the left seat of the nation's burgeoning fleet of robotic trucks are often called safety drivers. Their responsibilities are far more comprehensive than just keeping the truck out of trouble.
The tracking tool provides data for on-road testing of automated driving systems in 17 cities and will allow participants to share testing activities related to automated driving systems and other safety-related information with the public.
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.
Ike’s autonomous deployment model could create 140,000 new local truck driving jobs by 2030, the company says.
Waymo is hiring Class A Drivers to monitor autonomous systems during driverless truck tests out of its new Dallas facility.
Valqari announces landing station with six separate storage units to accommodate multiple drone and traditional deliveries or pickups.
Waymo will outline its plans to integrate its autonomous solutions into the trucking and goods delivery markets. Tesla, along with a fleet client, will share how the EV manufacturer is working with fleets to support their electrification efforts.
Locomation and Wilson Logistics partnered on an eight-day pilot project for the autonomous convoy concept, which saw 14 commercial loads successfully transported from Portland, Oregon, to Nampa, Idaho.
As companies around the globe move to cash in on the rapidly emerging last-mile delivery segment, autonomous methods of delivery, from self-driving vans to drones to mall delivery robots, are being developed to help get everything from pizzas to parcels into the hands of customers.
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