Locomation will test at the Transportation Research Center to advance its autonomous truck-platooning platforms alongside TRC’s research and development team.
The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute-led study will provide guidelines for integrating automated driving systems into fleets, including a demonstration involving a highly automated truck traveling cross country.
Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics are expanding testing of automated truck technology to new public routes in the U.S., with further development and validation efforts to continue in Virginia.
Royal Truck and Equipment develops autonomous platooning technology for vocational and municipal applications such as sweepers, water trucks, line stripers, or maintenance trucks.
Bendix is buying commercial steering supplier R.H. Sheppard from Wabco, a move that adds to its position as a maker of integrated steering and braking systems, which are the basis for highly automated driving and advanced driver assistance systems.
A new report issued by the U.S. National Science and Technology Council and the U.S. Department of Transportation laid out the Trump administration’s plans to stake out a leadership role for the country in the global race to develop autonomous vehicle technology.
Autonomous truck developer TuSimple said the results of a recent fuel economy study proved that trucks under autonomous control get up to 10% better fuel economy than similarly equipped trucks operating with human drivers.
Plus.ai's SAE-Level-4 autonomous truck recently completed a coast-to-coast commercial freight run hauling a refrigerated load for Land O’Lakes. The 2,800-mile, hub-to-hub trip was completed in less than three days.
The Department of Transportation wants public and transportation industry stakeholders to comment on its Non-Traditional and Emerging Transportation Council to better improve its responsiveness to the needs of the public.
At a recent conference at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Shell presented an array of speakers who sized up the state of alternative fuel technologies in trucking and a likely timeline for real-world adoption of these new means of moving freight.