A demand from the California DMV of eight companies testing self-driving cars has highlighted a number of areas where the technology falls short of being safe to operate with no human backup.
May 1, 2018BusinessEquipment
Haldex AB Net Income More Than Doubles in 1Q
Haldex AB reported net income doubled in the first quarter as revenue rose 9% amid growing demand for the Scandinavian company’s brake adjusters, disc brakes and actuators.
May 1, 2018BusinessEquipment
Dana Reports Rise in 1Q Net Income, Revenue
Dana Inc. reported April 30 first-quarter net income of $108 million, or 73 cents per share, on revenue of $2.1 billion, a 26% rise from $1.7 billion in the first quarter of 2017.
May 1, 2018BusinessEquipment
DTNA Showcases Alternative-Fuel Cascadia Models
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Daimler Trucks North America presented two new Freightliner Cascadia trucks fueled on compressed natural gas as examples of its further expansion into alternative-fuel options.
May 1, 2018BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel
Kenworth Displays T680 Hybrid-Electric Tractor
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Kenworth Truck Co. unveiled for the first time a prototype T680 tractor equipped with a parallel hybrid-electric propulsion system that is part of California’s Hybrid Electric Cargo Transport demonstration project.
May 1, 2018BusinessEquipmentTCA
Daimler Trucks North America Donates $1 Million to North Carolina School
Daimler Trucks North America, Thomas Built Buses’ parent company, donated $1 million to support High Point University’s Congdon Hall and Congdon School of Health Sciences.
May 1, 2018BusinessEquipment
Allison Transmission Income, Revenues Jump in First Quarter
Allison Transmission reported first-quarter 2018 net income of $151 million, or $1.09 per share, up 82% from the $83 million, or 53 cents per share, of net income reported in the first quarter of 2017.
April 30, 2018TechnologyEquipmentSafety
Trucker Wanders Oregon Woods for Four Days Because of GPS Fail
LA GRANDE, Ore. — A trucker who was missing for four days in a snow-covered part of Oregon after his GPS mapping device sent him up the wrong road walked 36 miles and emerged safely from a remote and rugged region of the state.
April 30, 2018GovernmentTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous
Pentagon Might Obtain Self-Driving Vehicles First
Forget Uber, Waymo and Tesla: The next big name in self-driving vehicles could be the Pentagon.
April 30, 2018BusinessEquipment
M&K Truck Centers Promotes Pilecki to President
Truck dealership M&K Truck Centers promoted Ted Pilecki to president, effective immediately.
April 30, 2018