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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, Fuel, Autonomous

Cheeseburger While You Charge? Musk Pursues Tesla Restaurant Concept

Move over, In-N-Out Burger. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc., is one step closer to opening a diner.

June 2, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous, TCA

Drone Demo Offers a Taste of the Future of Delivery

A Deuce Drone flew some smoothies to waiting consumers June 1 in Mobile, Ala., but the real payload might have been a peek at the legislative support that drone delivery startups need in order to get off the ground.

June 2, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous

Plus Sends Self-Driving Truck Down China’s Silk Road

Self-driving truck technology company Plus reported a heavy-duty truck equipped with its PlusDrive autonomous system completed a 4,000-mile roundtrip journey on the historic Silk Road trade route.

May 28, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Stellantis Considers Battery-Manufacturing Investment in Italy

Italy’s government is in talks with Stellantis NV, the carmaker formed by the merger of Fiat Chrysler and PSA Group, about investing in electric-vehicle battery manufacturing in the country, according to people familiar with the matter.

May 28, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Analysts Expect Electric F-150 to Capture Commercial Sales

Commercial buyers will be among the fastest adopters of electric pickup trucks like the Ford F-150 Lightning that will go on sale next year, according to industry analysts.

May 28, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Safety Ratings Yanked After Tesla Pulls Radar From Two Models

DETROIT — Two key groups that offer automobile safety ratings are yanking their top endorsements from some Tesla vehicles because the company has stopped using radar on its safety systems.

May 28, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Ford: Electric Vehicles to Be 40% of Global Sales by 2030

Ford expects 40% of its global sales to be battery-electric vehicles by 2030 as it adds billions to what it’s spending to develop them.

May 28, 2021
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Aurora Expands Autonomous Trucking Tests in Texas

Autonomous vehicle technology developer Aurora Innovation Inc. said it plans to expand testing throughout Texas as it works toward commercializing self-driving trucks.

May 27, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Rivian Hires Former Waymo CFO Gerard Dwyer

Rivian Automotive Inc., the electric-vehicle startup backed by Amazon .com Inc., has hired a former finance chief from Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving arm Waymo.

May 27, 2021
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Tesla Phases Out Radar Sensors, Shifts to Camera-Based Autopilot

Tesla Inc. updated its website May 25 to announce that Model 3 and Model Y cars built for North America and shipping this month no longer will be equipped with radar.

May 26, 2021