Autonomous: Page 15

DOT forming advisory committee for autonomous transportation

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced this week he will establish an advisory committee on automated transportation, meant to help regulators frame policy around the development and deployment of automated vehicles.

October 27, 2016

The DOT is seeking 15 members to serve 2-year appointments on its autonomous advisory committee.

Cyberattacks: the biggest threat to automated trucking

Increasingly, the transportation industry is using IoT technology to expand connectivity across entire supply chains.

October 26, 2016

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Autonomous truck makes first commercial delivery

Drinkers of Budweiser in the Colorado Springs-area will be the first in the world to consume goods delivered by a fully-autonomous truck.

October 25, 2016

Platooning from the passenger’s seat

It’s interesting to watch this technology in action, even though it can be somewhat un-nerving to ride in a truck that is being led around by someone who 50-plus feet away.

October 14, 2016

ATA panel: the future of trucking is ‘liquidity and automation’

The panel agreed driverless trucks are coming, but did not provide a specific timeframe as to when that would happen. Uber is already in hot pursuit.

October 4, 2016

Report: Platooning a viable tech that could provide upwards of 4% fuel benefit

Trailing trucks in a platoon, which operate in a low air pressure aerodynamic “sweet spot,” can see significant increases in fuel economy performance at highway speeds.

September 28, 2016

DOT issues guidance, basic safety measures for autonomous vehicles, including heavy-duty trucks

The 114-page document, which the DOT is accepting public comment on for 60 days, intends to set safety standards for companies developing self-driving vehicles and to establish a unified national policy on vehicle automation. DOT says its Federal Automated Vehicles Policy was developed to help hasten the development of autonomous vehicles while also addressing safety issues “at the front-end of development,” DOT says.

September 20, 2016

A demonstration of ZF’s Highway Driver Assist — an autonomous system that enables the truck to pilot itself in on-highway driving.

Vehicle automation to dramatically change trucking landscape in the coming decades, forecaster says

“The last major change we had was deregulation,” he said. “And it had only a fraction of the power of this one. It eliminated almost all of the carriers in business at the time. A few came through, but not many. This change is even larger.”

September 19, 2016

Perry and Gross see the industry as on the verge of the automated revolution, which they say will be a major shock to the industry. Carriers need to prep to survive, they said.

Trucking autonomy upstart Otto acquired by Uber

“Basically, we’re starting a commercial transportation business,” says Otto founder Lior Ron. “Specifically we’re going to build on Otto’s capabilities for self-driving trucks and introduce other ways to help the freight industry and truck drivers.”

August 18, 2016

NTSB says Tesla in fatal crash involving tractor-trailer was speeding

A preliminary report issued last week by the National Transportation Safety Board on the fatal July crash involving a Tesla Model S using the self-driving Autopilot mode and a full-length tractor trailer determined the Tesla was traveling 9 mph over the posted 65 mph speed limit.

August 5, 2016

Auto safety advocates want autonomous tech off the road

The letter was sent to Obama as the Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) prepare to issue as early as next Tuesday new guidance on autonomous vehicle technologies.

July 13, 2016

A demonstration of ZF’s Highway Driver Assist — an autonomous system that enables the truck to pilot itself in on-highway driving.

Tesla in autonomous mode hits truck, kills passenger; DOT investigating

The trailer’s “white side…against a brightly lit sky” caused the car’s Autopilot system to fail to register the full-sized tractor-trailer crossing the highway, Tesla said in a blog post on its site. The Autopilot system is still in public beta testing, Tesla says, and users are warned before using the system that the technology is new and that drivers should not take their hands off the wheel.

July 6, 2016

The dash of a Model S

Pennsylvania establishes Autonomous Vehicles Testing Policy Task Force

PennDOT will chair the task force, which is comprised of state, federal and private-industry officials.

June 1, 2016

Courtesy PennDOT

Is autonomy the technology the public doesn’t want?

If 85 percent of respondents want nothing to do with autonomous cars, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that even more want nothing to do with self-driving heavy trucks.

May 30, 2016

Trucking's Future Now - Driver in Autonomous Truck

Up close with Daimler’s new Highway Pilot Connect autonomous platooning system

CCJ Editor Jeff Crissey offers an up close look at Daimler’s new autonomous platooning system on a stretch of Germany’s Autobahn this week following the introduction of the system on Monday.-

March 22, 2016

Autonomous update: Obama, DOT call for $4B investment to ‘accelerate’ self-driving vehicle development

Two recent news items out of the White House show at least some interest in a unified approach to managing the advent of the autonomous era and a potential starting point to broader government interest in advancing such technology.

January 29, 2016

Trucking's Future Now - Driver in Autonomous Truck

Behind the wheel of Freightliner’s Inspiration autonomous truck

“Your hands hover over the wheel for a few seconds, waiting to grab it if something goes wrong. Except nothing goes wrong. Freightliner engineers designed Highway Pilot to be extremely fluid and smooth in its movements. There is no jerking or jarring of the steering wheel.”

September 15, 2015

Trucks Low Angle

Peterbilt showcases ‘stepping stone to autonomous driving’

Bill Kahn, principal engineer for Peterbilt, says the outfitted Model 579 test unit – which would be classified as a Level 3 autonomous vehicle – is far from an autonomous truck.

May 29, 2015

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Transportation worker in safety vest checking truck documentation at vehicle inspection point

DOT docks California $40 million for ELP compliance failure

FMCSA is withholding $40,685,225 in Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program funding from California.

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Fleet Compliance

The cost of fleet compliance failures

Security camera overlooking red semi-truck at warehouse loading dock

Cargo theft costs trucking $18 million per day, most loads never recovered

Worker in safety vest checking truck tire in industrial manufacturing facility

Trump delays heavy truck tariff one month, adds medium-duty tax

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