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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.

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Tesla Plans to Deliver Semis to Pepsi Five Years After Unveiling

Tesla Inc. will deliver its first Semi trucks to PepsiCo Inc. five years after Elon Musk showed off prototypes and began taking deposits for the electric big rigs.

October 7, 2022
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Uber Revives Self-Driving Taxi Dreams, Plans to Start This Year

Uber Technologies Inc. inked a deal with Motional Inc. to offer driverless deliveries and rides, rekindling its vision of a self-driving taxi fleet nearly two years after it sold its autonomous vehicle division.

October 6, 2022
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CVSA Launches Procedures for Inspections of Autonomous Trucks

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance approved a new standard and procedure designed to govern inspections of autonomous commercial motor vehicles.

October 5, 2022
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Autonomous Trucking Startup Gatik Is Ditching the Driver in Canada

San Francisco tourists, Phoenix suburbanites and now Canadian bacon 鈥 the list of driverless cargo keeps growing.

October 5, 2022
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Waymo, C.H. Robinson Driverless Trucks Haul Beer to Houston From Dallas

Waymo, Alphabet Inc.鈥檚 driverless-vehicle unit, said it has carted in excess of 1 million pounds of Modelo and Corona beer over 220 miles a day to Houston from Dallas under a pilot program with C.H. Robinson for Constellation Brands Inc.

October 3, 2022
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Tesla Q3 Sales Bounce Back but Fall Short of Estimates

AUSTIN, Texas 鈥 Tesla鈥檚 sales rose 35% in the July-September period compared to the second quarter as the company鈥檚 huge factory in China got past supply chain issues and pandemic restrictions.

October 3, 2022
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EV Startup Arrival in Talks on Funds to Unlock US Market

Electric vehicle startup Arrival SA surged after it said it鈥檚 in talks to raise capital to build and sell its products in the U.S.

September 30, 2022
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Autonomous Trucking Startup Waabi Hires Dustin Koehl to Lead Transport Operations

Self-driving truck developer Waabi has hired trucking executive Dustin Koehl as its head of transportation as the technology startup ramps up its operations.

September 29, 2022
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Werner, Kodiak Collaborate on Driverless Longhaul Route

Werner Enterprises has partnered with the driverless trucking technology company Kodiak Robotics to establish an autonomous trucking lane, the companies announced Sept. 29.

September 29, 2022
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Amazon鈥檚 Robotaxi Arm Zoox Coming 鈥楽ooner Than People Expect鈥

The CEO of Zoox, Amazon .com Inc.鈥檚 self-driving unit, expects autonomous vehicles to be present in cities 鈥渟ooner than people expect,鈥 but stopped short of saying when her own company鈥檚 product would appear on roads.

September 28, 2022