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Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
Waymo Begins Marketing Self-Driving Sensors
Waymo on March 6 began selling the laser-mapping sensors used on its driverless vehicles to other companies — as long as the customers don’t compete with its core robotaxi business. The sensors, known as lidar, shoot lasers off objects to determine what is nearby.
March 6, 2019Volvo Self-Driving Buses Set for Singapore
Volvo AB is ready to start trialing full-size driverless buses in Singapore, helping the city state take a step forward in the race to deploy autonomous public transport.
March 5, 2019Lyft Reveals Big Growth but No Profits as It Readies for IPO
NEW YORK — Lyft revealed that it is growing quickly ahead of its initial public offering but continues to bleed money and may struggle to turn a profit, according to a federal filing.
March 4, 2019FedEx Introduces Same-Day Delivery Robot
FedEx Corp. unveiled an autonomous delivery device designed to help retailers make same-day and last-mile deliveries to customers, showing off the robot on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon†on Feb. 26.
March 1, 2019Tesla Pushes Cheaper Cars, Will Move Sales Online and Close Most Stores
Tesla said Feb. 28 it will close “many†of its stores and shift to online-only sales after announcing that its long-awaited $35,000 Model 3 is available for purchase.
March 1, 2019Editorial: The Human Element for Automated Technology
Across three industry events in the span of just a few days last week, the evolution of automated driving was front and center, with everyone from government leaders to technology innovators looking ahead to how — and at what pace — automation might someday reshape the trucking industry.
February 28, 2019BMW, Daimler Team on Automated Driving Technology
FRANKFURT, Germany — BMW and Daimler announced Feb. 28 they will work together on developing the automated driving technology expected to transform the industry in the years ahead as automakers try to fend off competition from tech companies such as Uber and Waymo.
February 28, 2019FMCSA’s Ray Martinez Urges Carriers to Convert AOBRDs to ELDs
DALLAS — Ray Martinez, the head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, urged carriers to complete the trucking industry’s transition to electronic logging devices and expressed optimism about the potential to add flexibility to driver hours-of-service rules.
February 28, 2019Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Addresses Autonomous Tech, Infrastructure at AASHTO Briefing
WASHINGTON — Widespread adoption of autonomous vehicle technologies depends largely on public trust, according to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. Autonomous technology can take a variety of forms in transportation, from lane-departure warning systems and automated brakes to truck platooning. Automated technologies have, however, raised public concern over security and privacy.
February 27, 2019