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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.

Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous

Walmart Accelerates Self-Driving Delivery

At the moment, the future of transportation is at the Walmart on Regional Airport Boulevard in Bentonville, Ark.

November 8, 2021
Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous

Embark Extends Partnership With Luminar

Autonomous truck software developer Embark Trucks Inc. announced a partnership with Luminar Technologies Inc. to equip Embark鈥檚 truck fleet with Luminar鈥檚 long-range lidar.

November 5, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics, Autonomous, Top 100

UPS, TuSimple Expand Partnership

UPS and TuSimple plan to expand their relationship by adding routes where TuSimple will move cargo in autonomous Class 8 trucks in the southeastern and western U.S.

November 4, 2021
Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous

AV Sensor Startup Spartan Radar Raises $15 Million

Spartan Radar, a developer of sensor technology for automated vehicles, raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Prime Movers Lab.

November 3, 2021
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Elon Musk, Autopilot Critic Sought as Witnesses in Tesla Crash Trial

The first trial to determine whether Tesla Inc.鈥檚 Autopilot technology led to a fatal car crash may require jurors to weigh testimony from founder Elon Musk against criticism of the driver-assistance system by Mary 鈥淢issy鈥 Cummings, a U.S. government safety adviser.

November 3, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Hertz Teams With Uber, Carvana in Electric Shift

Hertz Global Holdings Inc., fresh off a blockbuster order for 100,000 Teslas, reached an exclusive agreement to supply Uber drivers with electric vehicles and signed up Carvana Co. to dispose of rental cars it no longer wants.

October 27, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous, Top 100

Current Driver-Assist Tech Effective, Experts Say

NASHVILLE, Tenn. 鈥 Driver-assist technologies that are already widely available on the commercial truck market have demonstrated that they can prevent crashes, save lives and reduce litigation-related costs, a group of industry experts said.

October 27, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous

Tesla Becomes Lowest-Revenue Company to Hit $1 Trillion Market Value

Tesla Inc. has joined the trillion-dollar-valuation club as the member with the lowest revenue.

October 26, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous

NTSB Wants Tesla to Limit Where Autopilot Can Operate

DETROIT 鈥 The head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is calling on Tesla to act on recommendations to limit where its Autopilot driver-assist system can operate and to put a system in place to make sure drivers are paying attention.

October 25, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Autonomous

Volvo Trucks Outlines Next Steps Toward Carbon-Free Transport Vision

NASHVILLE, Tenn. 鈥 Volvo Trucks is ramping up sales and deliveries of battery-electric trucks while also reducing carbon emissions within its own facilities and supply chain in North America as part of its global efforts to improve environmental sustainability.

October 24, 2021