A team of partners including the Indiana and Ohio departments of transportation has been awarded a federal grant of $4.4 million in support of an automated truck corridor.
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Matt Silver, CEO of Cargado, discusses how AI, data and smarter platforms are reshaping cross-border shipping.
Nikola Sets Truck Production Schedule, Envisions Autonomous Model
Zero-emission truck maker Nikola Corp., which recently jumped to a publicly traded company from its startup perch, has begun building prototypes of its heavy-duty battery-electric model in Germany and is set for groundbreaking on a plant in the United States this summer.
June 17, 2020DOT Launches AV TEST Initiative
The U.S. Department of Transportation has launched a program to increase transparency and inform members of the public about automated vehicle technologies.
June 15, 2020Driverless Car Industry Gets a Nudge on Standards, Transparency
Hundreds of driverless cars have been tested in locations across the U.S. in recent years, but standards are inconsistent and in a handful of cases there have been accidents and even a death.
June 15, 2020Kodiak Offers First Inside Look at Safety Assessment
Kodiak Robotics Inc. recently made its 350th commercial delivery and detailed how it is approaching the challenge of providing its longhaul trucks with self-driving technology.
June 11, 2020Satellite Firm Develops Long-Distance System for Delivery Drones
Inmarsat Group Holdings Ltd. says it has found a way to safely fly civil drones over long distances, a step that may help pave the way for mass adoption by industries from transportation to energy and infrastructure.
June 11, 2020Tesla’s Elon Musk: ‘Time to Go All Out’ on Semi Production
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 Tesla’s Semi into volume production.
June 10, 2020Study: Autonomous Vehicles Won’t 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 ZF’s commercial-vehicle control systems division.
June 2, 2020