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Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices.

Business, Equipment, Autonomous

DTNA Pursuing Advanced Driver-Assist Tech, not Autonomous Trucks, CEO Says

ORLANDO, Fla. 鈥 Daimler Trucks North America continues its pursuit of automated driving technology, but that development path is focused not on 鈥渁utonomous鈥 trucks but advanced driver-assistance systems, CEO Roger Nielsen said.

October 24, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous

Delphi Acquires Self-Driving Startup nuTonomy for $450 Million

Auto supplier Delphi Automotive said Oct. 24 it has acquired self-driving software startup nuTonomy Inc. for $450 million in an effort to speed the development of autonomous vehicles.

October 24, 2017
Government, Equipment

ATA Thanks Share the Road, America鈥檚 Road Team Program Sponsors and Supporters

ORLANDO, Fla. 鈥 An estimated 1.2 billion people saw President Donald Trump sit in the cab of a Mack truck at the White House and speak with the driver in March 鈥 the logo of American Trucking Associations prominently displayed on the truck鈥檚 door 鈥 but what they didn鈥檛 know was that the truck was part of the Share the Road campaign.

October 24, 2017
Government, Business, Equipment

Wyoming Road Sign Auction Yields $33,000 for Highway Repair

The Wyoming Department of Transportation is placing the $33,005 it made from auctioning decommissioned road signs into its highway repair fund.

October 23, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, TCA

Ready or Not, Driverless Technology Beginnings Already Here

Some consumers say they are wary of a driverless car future, but a new survey says the beginnings of the technology which will power that future are already available on most new vehicle models and many consumers are willing to pay thousands of dollars for them.

October 23, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, TCA

Drones That Would Augment Truck Delivery Get Test Run in Las Vegas

Drones could be routinely dropping packages out of the air as early as this December, just in time for the busy holiday season, if one company that demonstrated its technology recently in Las Vegas has its way

October 23, 2017
Business, Equipment, TCA

A Good Time for Mack: Orders Surge 73% in Third Quarter

Mack Trucks is hauling a heavy payload of orders, following a robust third quarter in which the manufacturer that assembles its vehicles in the Lehigh Valley received a flurry of interest from customers.

October 23, 2017
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

Volkswagen and Daimler Inspected by EU as Cartel Probe Widens

Volkswagen AG and Daimler AG were inspected by European Union antitrust investigators as the EU stepped up a probe into allegations the German car industry colluded on technology for decades.

October 23, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Human-Machine Interaction, Computing Power Key to Development of Autonomous Trucks

ORLANDO, Fla. 鈥 To pave the way for autonomous trucks, technology developers will need to refine the interaction between the human and the machine, and add more advanced sensors and greater computing power to the vehicle, experts said.

October 23, 2017
Business, Technology, Equipment

Navistar Announces Price Increases, New Services

ORLANDO, Fla. 鈥 Navistar International Corp. announced price increases of up to 2% for its model-year 2019 vehicles, citing rising commodity prices. The price increases may affect all product lines and classes of trucks and don鈥檛 single out Class 8 trucks.

October 23, 2017