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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.

Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous

Daimler, Torc Begin Testing Self-Driving Trucks in Virginia

Daimler Trucks has begun testing highly automated heavy-duty trucks on Virginia highways in partnership with its subsidiary, 窪蹋勛圖厙, the companies said.

September 9, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Plus.ai Enters Joint Venture With Chinese Truck Maker FAW Jiefang

Plus.ai, a startup providing self-driving technology, announced a joint venture to develop autonomous trucks with FAW Jiefang, Chinas oldest and largest truck manufacturer.

September 6, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Robots Displacing Jobs Means 120 Million Workers Need Retraining

More than 120 million workers globally will need retraining in the next three years due to artificial intelligences impact on jobs, according to an IBM survey.

September 6, 2019
Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous

Tesla Autopilot Is Found Partly to Blame for 2018 Freeway Crash

U.S. transportation safety investigators found Tesla Inc.s design of its automated driver-assist system was partly to blame for a crash in which an inattentive driver slammed into a fire truck parked on a freeway near Los Angeles in 2018.

September 4, 2019
Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous

TomTom Maps Out Revamp With Bet on Self-Driving Cars

Once a household name for its satellite navigation for cars, TomTom NV has taken a backseat in recent years as smartphones, loaded with apps such as Google maps, surged in popularity.

September 4, 2019
Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous

Tesla Driver Seen Gazing Down Before 2018 Crash on Autopilot

The driver of a Tesla Inc. car that slammed into a fire truck in Southern California last year was looking down at what appeared to be a mobile phone while the cars Autopilot feature was engaged, according to a witness report and other data released by investigators.

September 3, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous

Uber CEO: It Sure Looked Like Levandowski Took Googles Files

Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said Aug. 29 that it sure looked like former executive Anthony Levandowski took information on self-driving cars from his former employer, Google.

August 29, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Teslas Musk and Alibabas Ma to Debate AI in China

From Jack Ma to Pony Ma, the leading lights of Chinas internet industry gather in Shanghai this week to showcase the countrys latest advances in artificial intelligence. But the real headliner could be American entrepreneur Elon Musk.

August 28, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Toyota Moves to Deepen Ties With Suzuki

Toyota Motor Corp. and Suzuki Motor Corp. are strengthening their relationship by taking stakes in each other, the latest alliance in an industry thats facing sweeping changes in technology, consumer preferences and business models.

August 28, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous, Breaking News

Grand Jury Indicts Anthony Levandowski for Trade Secret Thefts

Autonomous technology pioneer Anthony Levandowski was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he stole trade secrets from Google that he later used on other projects, including the Otto self-driving truck.

August 27, 2019