CEO Elon Musk sent an email to Tesla employees before the market opened June 10 declaring that it is time to go all out and put Teslas Semi into volume production.
June 10, 2020Autonomous Truck News
Autonomous technologies now drive significant change in trucking and freight transportation. Transport Topics autonomous coverage provides a comprehensive look at that change. It provides the latest details on deployment concepts such as advanced driver-assist systems, transfer hubs, teleoperations, platooning and off-road automation and latest analysis of the companies who are manufacturing, adopting and investing in these technologies. Readers can follow the impact such deployment has on everything from policy and infrastructure initiatives to highway congestion, fuel consumption, fleet management, driver management and business investment.
Teslas Elon Musk: Time to Go All Out on Semi Production
Study: Autonomous Vehicles Wont Make Roads Completely Safe
A new study says that while autonomous vehicle technology has great promise to reduce crashes, it may not be able to prevent all mishaps caused by human error.
June 4, 2020Self-Driving Startup Argo Completes $2.6 Billion Tie-Up With VW
Argo AI, the self-driving startup tightly aligned with Ford Motor Co., completed an expected tie-up with Volkswagen AG involving a $2.6 billion investment from the German automaker.
June 2, 2020ZF Forms New Division After Closing Wabco Acquisition
ZF Friedrichshafen AG has completed the acquisition of commercial vehicle technology supplier Wabco Holdings Inc., which will become ZFs commercial-vehicle control systems division.
June 2, 2020Zipline Medical Drones Begin Flying in the US
On May 22, before Memorial Day, a six-foot long, red-and-white drone took off from a field in Kannapolis, N.C., flew 15 miles west over suburban Charlotte to Novant Healths Huntersville Medical Center, and dropped a box of protective masks in a designated spot next to the parking lot.
May 27, 2020Amazon Buying Zoox May Save $20 Billion, Put Tesla on Its Heels
Amazon .com Inc.s talks to buy driverless vehicle startup Zoox Inc. has analysts speculating the deal could save the e-commerce giant tens of billions a year and put auto, parcel and ride-booking companies on their heels.
May 27, 2020California Becomes Epicenter of Emerging Truck Technology
With its emissions mandates, tough labor laws, inspection requirements and extensive regulations, California has become both a difficult and expensive environment for trucking.
May 22, 2020NHTSA Lets Self-Driving Shuttle Resume Carrying People
A self-driving shuttle service that was ordered to stop carrying passengers in February has been cleared to resume operations with new safety precautions.
May 21, 2020Trump Transportation Nominees Finch Fulton, Diana Furchtgott-Roth Advance to Senate Floor
Nominees for senior-level posts at the U.S. Department of Transportation were approved by the Senate Commerce Committee on May 20.
May 20, 2020Honeywell Proposes Technology-Led Future for Flight Safety
Honeywell International Inc. has been thinking about what it will take to coax people back onto airplanes. A virus-killing robot that can patrol empty aisles between flights, zapping out ultraviolet light, makes a good start.
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