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Seven drivers earned trophies at the first National Truck Driving Championships in St. Louis and were recognized the best in a field of 266 drivers from 41 states in this Sept. 2, 1985, issue of Transport Topics.

Peloton Technology’s platooning system will be introduced into a trucking fleet’s operations for on-highway testing early next year.

A simulated city opens July 20 on the north campus of the University of Michigan to test how self-driving cars will travel in the future without mowing down pedestrians or causing colossal crashes.

Canada’s largest oil-company said it will be purchasing driverless trucks, each weighing 400 tons, to work the Alberta oil fields, the Calgary Herald reported.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval wants state transportation officials to consider adding support for self-driving vehicles as part of a multimillion-dollar highway widening and expansion project in Las Vegas, the Associated Press reported.

A new report by Auburn University found that driver-assistive truck platooning can realize up to 10% fuel economy for the trailing truck and up to 5% fuel economy for the leading truck.

A trade group recently proposed the creation of a corridor for self-driving trucks to deliver freight without passports or visas from Mexico to Canada, CBC reported.

U.S. auto sales may drop about 40% in the next 25 years because of shared driverless cars, forcing mass-market producers such as General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. to slash output, a Barclays analyst said.

The Port of Los Angeles recently put an automated terminal into service, and along with the adjacent Port of Long Beach is spending $3.7 billion to boost capacity and unravel bottlenecks that strand ships in the bay and idle trucks on land.