ADAS

Stay safe and beat the breakdown: Keep ADAS and other truck systems in top shape during winter

Snow, ice and freezing temperatures can not only lead to costly breakdowns, they can also lead to less safe driving conditions in the case of tech-heavy driver assist systems impacted by winter weather.

November 9, 2022

Transervice air pressure check

Watch: Prius, cyclist spared from tractor-trailer thanks to ZF OnGuardMAX

Watch CCJ's recent test run in an International LT equipped with ZF's new OnGuardMAX which has made big improvements in autonomous braking on highway and in busy city traffic.

October 26, 2022

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Test drive: Mack Command Steer gives heavyweight trucks lightweight feel

Mack's electrically-assisted hydraulic steering system gives heavyweight trucks a lightweight feel.

September 27, 2022

Mack Granite in a quarry

Detroit launching new active brake-assist system

Detroit's new Active Side Guard Assist will activate braking if it detects moving objects in the path of a right-hand turn at speeds below 12 mph. Also: FedEx, Aurora expanding autonomous trucking pilot; Southeastern Freight restructures LTL regions.

May 19, 2022

Detroit's Active Side Guard Assist on an eCascadia

TuSimple, Union Pacific team up on first driverless deliveries

Union Pacific Railroad will become the first customer to move freight on TuSimple's fully-automated trucking route between Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona.

February 2, 2022

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Test drive: Plus' autonomous trucking system

Despite all the space-age tech that Plus has attached to the truck, the most important safety feature sits in the driver's seat.

January 4, 2022

What's it like from the pilot seat of an autonomous truck?

Ruben Cardenas, safety driver for autonomous truck startup Plus, is both active driver and emergency fail-safe for the system when the truck is operating in autonomous mode.

October 21, 2021

Plus driverless truck

Will driver shortage lead to full-scale autonomy by 2024?

The trucking industry is mired in a driver shortage that is raising interest in AI-enabled trucks with autonomous capabilities.

July 29, 2021

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Why the first movers in autonomous trucking have the edge

Data science shows why the first movers of autonomous trucks will have a low-cost and driver recruiting advantage.

July 1, 2021

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Safety features added to Detroit Assurance

Detroit has added new features to the Detroit Assurance suite of safety systems.

June 3, 2021

Detroit Assurance technology

TuSimple says it has orders for nearly 7,000 driverless trucks

Also: Bendix gets FMCSA waiver. Forward Air growing in Kansas. SoCal fleet adds electrics.

May 11, 2021

Tu Simple Fleet

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Pay a top factor for driver turnover but 'not always an amount issue'

More than 50% of respondents to a recent CCJ driver survey said their carrier had raised pay at least twice since 2020.

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House bill offers recruiting and retention incentives, grants to truck drivers

Julie Van de Kamp

U.S. Xpress names Julie Van de Kamp president of dedicated

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Supply chain correction helps put the 'worst of the inflation crisis behind us'

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Rates end 2022 on a high note, signaling 'bottoming process' underway

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