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It begins: shippers adding new FDA safety rules to carrier contracts
Shippers are starting to revise motor carrier contracts to meet the April, 2017, deadline for compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act.
October 13, 2016
Business
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
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Business
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
Business
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
Business
Thermo King redesigns TracKing web platform for reefer telematics
Its new TracKing website improves functionality and usability with a number of drop-down filters that let users customize their screen views and alerts.
September 20, 2016
Business
McLeod Software sprinting to help carriers, brokers meet FSMA requirements
Tom McLeod said it is a top priority for his software company to develop new features that help carriers and brokers meet the FSMA requirements by April, 2017.
September 19, 2016
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
Orbcomm lands trailer tracking contract from Barnes Transportation
Barnes Transportation Services Inc. (Barnes) has chosen Orbcomm to provide solar-powered asset tracking for its dry van trailers.
August 4, 2016
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
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
Business
Spireon adds refrigerated telematics to produce line
Spireon says its new FleetLocate Temperature Monitoring helps with regulatory compliance for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
April 14, 2016
Business
Distribution Solutions selects Orbcomm for trailer telematics
Orbcomm announced that Distribution Solutions Inc. (DSI) has selected its trailer telematics systems for its mixed fleet of dry van and refrigerated trailers.
April 5, 2016
Business
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
Business
Bay and Bay Transportation installing Orbcomm devices on trailer fleet
Bay and Bay will use Orbcomm’s GT 1100 device to monitor its mixed fleet of dry van, refrigerated trailers and dry tank assets.
February 26, 2016
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