Otto, the Uber-owned self-driving vehicle operation, recently completed its first major commercial delivery in an autonomous truck. The company hauled a load of 2,000 cases of Budweiser beer from Fort…
Otto’s Autonomous Beer Run Read more...
Commercial truck technology experts disputed the notion that connected, autonomous vehicles are still many years away from everyday reality. Connected trucks in platoon operation could be on U.S. roadways within…
Panel: Industry Has Seen Only ‘Tip Of Iceberg’ On Connected Trucking Read more...
Imagine a supply chain with a instantaneous digital information exchange between driver, carrier and shipper – a Formula 1car-like service and information sharing environment where all relevant data about the…
Truckmaker Outlines Vision of Future Truck Connectivity, Platoon System Read more...
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s first budget tabled today is aimed tax cuts and programs for the “middle class”, battling climate change though green technology and carbon pricing, and boosting…
Fed Budget Offers Support for LNG/Electric Vehicles/Infrastructure Read more...
During a session titled, The Future of Trucking: Quantifying an Unknown Future, FTR Truck & Transportation Expert Noël Perry outlined four “exogenous” or outside “exposures” facing the U.S. freight economy. “In some…
FTR Economist: Four Disruptions Facing US Freight Industry Read more...
Imminent driverless vehicles on our roadways is a popular topic among transportation futurists and manufacturers, but a global survey of 65,000 consumers in 10 countries finds that enthusiasm for autonomous…
Global Study: Big Hurdles in the Way of Autonomous and e-Vehicles Read more...
A handful of truck OEMs have already built and road tested autonomous trucks but putting them into operation is still many years away, says one leading truck maker. As reported…
OEM: Long Road Ahead for Autonomous Truck Production Read more...
News articles earlier this year about driverless trucks operating in Nevada and the Alberta oil sands under restricted conditions set off speculation about whether we’ll need truck drivers within a…
BCTA: We’ll Take Truck Drivers Over Driverless Trucks Read more...
Despite concerns the coming age of so-called driverless trucks will usher in the demise of the long-haul truck driver, driving could in fact be a much more desirable job thanks…
Engineers Say Autonomous Trucks Could Help Attract New Drivers Read more...
