Autonomous Truck News

About Autonomous News...

Autonomous technologies now drive significant change in trucking and freight transportation. Transport Topics autonomous coverage provides a comprehensive look at that change. It provides the latest details on deployment concepts such as advanced driver-assist systems, transfer hubs, teleoperations, platooning and off-road automation and latest analysis of the companies who are manufacturing, adopting and investing in these technologies. Readers can follow the impact such deployment has on everything from policy and infrastructure initiatives to highway congestion, fuel consumption, fleet management, driver management and business investment.

BusinessTechnologySafetyFuelAutonomous

Tesla’s $25,000 Car Doesn’t Worry Biggest Rivals in China

Tesla Inc.’s plan to build a $25,000 car within the next three years doesn’t seem to have fazed China’s most-promising electric vehicle startups, with executives at the Beijing Auto Show saying Elon Musk can bring it on.

September 28, 2020
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous

FMCSA Denies Pronto.ai’s HOS Exemption Request

FMCSA has denied an application from Pronto .ai requesting an exemption from the 11-hour driving limit and the 14-hour driving window in the hours-of-service requirements.

September 25, 2020
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyLogisticsAutonomous

Amazon’s Drone Delivery Fleet Hits Milestone With FAA Clearance

Amazon­.com took a leap toward delivering goods from the sky by becoming one of only a few companies certified by the U.S. government to operate as a drone airline.

September 25, 2020
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous

Self-Driving Car Bill Reintroduced in House Minus Biggest Backer

Legislation that would allow carmakers to sell as many as 100,000 self-driving vehicles per year in the U.S. is being reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, but one of its biggest cheerleaders is staying on the sidelines until next year.

September 23, 2020
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuelAutonomous

Elon Musk Says Tesla Plans $25,000 Autonomous EV in 3 Years

Tesla Inc. plans to manufacture a car that will cost $25,000 in about three years’ time, fulfilling an elusive long-term objective to sell a cheap mass-market electric vehicle, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said Sept. 22.

September 22, 2020
BusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomous

Tesla Falls on Musk Cautioning Battery Output Is Years Away

Elon Musk tempered expectations for Tesla Inc.’s long-awaited battery day by cautioning that the company will unveil something that won’t be widely produced for two years.

September 22, 2020
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsAutonomous

FedEx Seeks to Add Small Self-Flying Planes for Remote Areas

FedEx Corp. is looking at using small self-flying cargo planes to serve remote areas after experimenting with a technology startup on autonomous aircraft, CEO Fred Smith said.

September 21, 2020
BusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomous

Elon Musk Gets Shot to Deliver on Tesla’s ‘Battery Day’ Hints

Tesla Inc. will provide a highly anticipated technology update Sept. 22 when Elon Musk takes center stage at an event the CEO has dropped hints about for months — and which has helped propel the company’s sky-high valuation.

September 21, 2020
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Amazon’s Zoox Gets Green Light for Robotaxi Tests in California

Amazon .com Inc.’s self-driving-car unit, Zoox Inc., is getting a green light from California to test autonomous vehicles on public roads without a safety driver, becoming the fourth company to receive the state’s blessing for truly driverless testing.

September 18, 2020
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomousTCA

Tesla’s Austin Site Plan Outlines Footprint for Huge Truck Factory

Bulldozers and other construction equipment have been at work for weeks at the location of Tesla’s future $1.1 billion electric vehicle factory in southeast Travis County, but a site plan filed by the company is providing the first public indication of the facility’s huge eventual footprint.

September 18, 2020