Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous vehicle technology will be a big part of its Toronto project to make urban life more Googley.
October 18, 2017Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous
Alphabet to Pack its Digital City With Autonomous Delivery Vans
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous
Intel Proposes System to Make Self-Driving Cars Blameless
Intel Corp. has developed a system it says ensures that self-driving vehicles can’t cause accidents, an effort to reassure a skeptical public and help speed adoption of driverless cars on the road.
October 18, 2017Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous
GM President Dismisses Hype About $30 Billion Self-Driving Tech Spinoff
General Motors Co. shot down speculation that it’ll spin off its business units working on self-driving vehicles and car-sharing, which one analyst has estimated could be worth as much as $30 billion.
October 17, 2017Business, Technology
One Network Adds Blockchain Option
One Network Enterprises launched a blockchain application called One Chain to allow companies to execute blockchain-backed processes with their trading partners.
October 17, 2017Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics, TCA
Anheuser-Busch Taps Seattle Trucking Startup Convoy to Transport Beer
Anheuser-Busch has signed a multi-year partnership with Seattle-based trucking startup Convoy to transport beer.
October 17, 2017Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous, TCA
Ohio Turnpike Commission Approves Communications System for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Alerts about traffic, weather, work zones and other conditions should start popping up early next year on the dashboards of digitally connected vehicles on 52 miles of the Ohio Turnpike near Cleveland.
October 17, 2017Business, Technology, Equipment
PeopleNet Offers Compliance-Only ELD Through ISE
Trucking technology firm PeopleNet is offering an electronic logging device designed to help small fleets comply with the upcoming ELD mandate.
October 17, 2017Technology
Instructional Technologies Introduces Automated Training System
Instructional Technologies Inc. has introduced an automated learning management system designed to help fleets manage driver training.
October 17, 2017Business, Technology, Autonomous
Driverless Cars Will Open the Door to a Building Spree
Even as reclaimed parking spaces fuel a downtown building boom, autonomous vehicles will encourage builders to push deeper into the exurban fringe, confident that homebuyers will tolerate longer commutes now that they don’t have to drive, according to the report, sponsored by a unit of Capital One Financial Corp.
October 17, 2017Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel
Toyota Class 8 With Hydrogen Fuel Cell to Run SoCal Drayage Route
Toyota Motor North America Inc. will begin using its prototype Class 8 truck powered by a hydrogen fuel cell system in drayage operations at the nation’s two largest ports starting Oct. 23.
October 16, 2017