Uber has shelved its self-driving vehicle program, including a pilot in Toronto, after one of its test vehicles struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Ariz. The accident marks the…
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Uber Technologies announced that its autonomous commercial trucks are now conducting regular freight hauls in Arizona through the Uber Freight network. Automated trucks operated by Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group are…
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Mixed fleets with autonomous long-haul trucks and traditional human-driven regional routes could help the trucking industry address the problem of an aging driver workforce, said Uber in a recent company…
Uber: AVs Will Eliminate Driver Shortage, Not the Truck Driver Read more...
Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group has released a video of its latest autonomous heavy-duty truck design, shown operating on the streets of San Francisco. The truck features new sensors and upgraded…
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A public listening session sponsored by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on autonomous vehicles addressed issues related to driver training, public safety, and cybersecurity; but, according to attendees and…
FMCSA Session: Govt and Stakeholders Attempt to Unclog Road to Automated Trucks Read more...
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, according to an updated survey by…
Mag: Despite Questions, Autonomous Vehicles Rolling Sooner than Expected Read more...
Amazon.com is reportedly developing mobile technology so it can schedule and track truck shipments of its products with a few taps or clicks. According to the Wall Street Journal, this represents the…
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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…
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Drones, self-driving trucks, so-called “Uber” freight, the “internet of things” are among the emerging factors vying to reshape the North American trucking landscape, according to Steve Sashihara, CEO of the…
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