Truck Tech Experts Reveal Safety Impact of Platoon Following Distance Wednesday May 10, 2017 | Environment & Fuel, Technology & Equipment A team of experts at the US DOT’s Volpe National Transportation Systems Center recently provided baseline stats for researchers to determine the optimum following distances in automated truck platoons.
Mag: Despite Questions, Autonomous Vehicles Rolling Sooner than Expected Friday February 03, 2017 | Technology & Equipment The potential for autonomous trucks to disrupt freight transportation—or at least the recognition, by carriers and shippers, of that possibility—has surged in the past year
Michigan Law Opens a Door for Platooning Tuesday December 13, 2016 | Operations & Safety, Technology & Equipment Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law a bill authorizing electronically coordinated truck platooning on Michigan roads by creating an exception to minimum following distance rules
Otto’s Autonomous Beer Run Tuesday October 25, 2016 | Technology & Equipment Otto, the Uber-owned self-driving vehicle operation, recently completed its first major commercial delivery in an autonomous truck