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If You Hate Driving in the Snow, a Robot Can Now Do It For You

Self-driving cars may be the future, but relinquishing control of the wheel certainly takes some getting used to. It’s one thing to go (slowly) with the flow on well-marked city streets, for which many self-driving cars were initially developed and tested, but what happens when you throw icy winter road conditions into the mix?

December 21, 2017

New Deal Sends Autonomous Caterpillar Trucks to Australia

Another fleet of mining trucks will join the growing ranks of machines operating autonomously using Caterpillar Inc. systems in Australia next year, reflecting the company’s push to cement industry partnerships with proprietary technology.

December 21, 2017

Opinion: Tire Maintenance Key in Age of Autonomous Vehicles

Pretty much everyone knows tires are second only to fuel among operating costs for fleets. What's new is how the industry will deal with the potential for tire failures on autonomous trucks.

December 20, 2017

UPS Orders 125 Tesla Semi-Trucks

The market for the Tesla Class 8 truck keeps growing as UPS Inc. put in an order for 125 electric trucks, the largest order to date that has been made public.

December 20, 2017

ATRI Appoints Four New Members to Board of Directors

The American Transportation Research Institute announced Dec. 19 that four new members will join its board of directors.

December 20, 2017

Drone Tracking Plan Moves US Delivery by Air Closer to Reality

>Deliveries by drones took a step closer to being allowed in the U.S. after a federal advisory panel agreed on a framework for allowing law enforcement to routinely track the small devices.

December 19, 2017

Self-Driving Vehicle Proving Ground Opens Near Detroit

The launch of self-driving vehicle testing at the American Center for Mobility west of Detroit came with something that frequently confounds human drivers in Michigan — snow.

December 19, 2017

Canada Announces ELD Proposal as US Mandate Takes Hold

As the electronic logging device mandate takes effect in the United States, Canada has published its own first draft of rules that would require the devices for truck drivers.

December 18, 2017

Peloton Demonstrates Platoon System in Michigan

Peloton Technology recently demonstrated its driver-assist truck platooning system on Interstate 96 in Michigan with two Volvo VNL 670 trucks, featuring one following about 60 feet behind the lead truck.

December 18, 2017

Sandhills Invests in FR8 Revolution

Trade publisher Sandhills Publishing invested an undisclosed amount in FR8 Revolution Inc., operator of the FR8Star.com marketplace for open-deck freight transportation carriers and shippers.

December 18, 2017