Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has promised to unveil an electric semi-truck on Nov. 16 that will drive like a sports car and beat its diesel counterpart in a tug of war. 鈥淭his will blow your mind clear out of your skull and into an alternate dimension,鈥 he wrote on Twitter this week. But none of that really matters.
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Platooning: Coming Soon to a Truck Near You
Truck platooning 鈥 also known by the more precise but less compelling term 鈥渃ooperative adaptive cruise control鈥 鈥 will soon become available to trucking fleets interested in testing the latest in fuel-saving technology.
October 11, 2017VW to Roll Out Electric Trucks, Buses in $1.7 Billion Project
Volkswagen AG is flanking its push into electric cars with plans to roll out battery-powered commercial vehicles targeted at urban areas as growing public concerns about air quality boost demand.
October 11, 2017Tesla鈥檚 Model 3 Bottlenecks Delay Unveiling of Semi-Truck
Tesla Inc. pushed back the reveal of its semi-truck by three weeks as CEO Elon Musk focuses on boosting production of the cheaper sedan that the electric-car maker is counting on to dramatically increase sales.
October 10, 2017Volvo, Mack Looking to Boost Sales in 2018 With New Highway Tractors
ATLANTA 鈥 Volvo Trucks North America is preparing for expected heavy-duty sales growth in 2018, and two trucks introduced earlier this year, the new VNR and the remodeled VNL, will be its main warhorses.
September 25, 2017Daimler Trucks Outlines Vision for Electric Vehicles, Platooning, Connectivity
ATLANTA 鈥 Daimler Trucks North America outlined its vision for electric trucks and platooning and showcased its latest advances in active safety and connectivity in the first press conference held by a truck manufacturer here at the inaugural North American Commercial Vehicle Show.
September 25, 2017Safety, Productivity to Improve With Proliferation of Autonomous Trucks, Executives Say
ATLANTA 鈥 Advancements in the technology facilitating autonomous trucks will enhance safety and productivity across the freight sector, two executives helping to drive the issue said at the Connected Fleets USA conference Sept. 25.
September 25, 2017More States Explore Truck-Platooning Technology and Regulations
It could be years before drivers on U.S. highways catch a glimpse of a tractor-trailer rig cruising down the highway with another truck trailing a perilous 20 or 30 feet behind.
August 23, 2017Uber Ordered to Return Stolen Waymo Files
SAN FRANCISCO聽鈥 Uber Technologies Inc. must promptly return stolen confidential files to Alphabet Inc.'s聽Waymo self-driving car unit, a federal judge ruled May 15, while stopping short of shutting down the ride-services company's autonomous car program.
May 16, 2017Uber Adds Trucking Brokerage Firm Amid Longhaul Push
SAN FRANCISCO聽鈥 Uber Technologies Inc. hired the team behind a Chicago transportation brokerage last fall as part of an effort to break into the longhaul trucking industry.
May 12, 2017