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Tesla in autonomous mode hits truck, kills passenger; DOT investigating
The trailerâs âwhite sideâŚagainst a brightly lit skyâ caused the carâs 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
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Is autonomy the technology the public doesnât want?
If 85 percent of respondents want nothing to do with autonomous cars, it shouldnât 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 Administrationâs 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 Daimlerâs new Highway Pilot Connect autonomous platooning system
CCJ Editor Jeff Crissey offers an up close look at Daimlerâs new autonomous platooning system on a stretch of Germanyâs 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 Orbcommâs GT 1100 device to monitor its mixed fleet of dry van, refrigerated trailers and dry tank assets.
February 26, 2016
Business
Autonomous update: Obama, DOT call for $4B investment to âaccelerateâ 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
Business
Peformance Food Group selects CarrierWeb for managing trucks and reefers
PFG Customized Distribution, a division of Performance Food Group Company (PFG), has selected CarrierWeb for its truck mobile communications and of reefer command and control systems.
January 15, 2016
Business
Orbcomm, Add On Systems integrate two-way trailer data
Orbcommâs platform integrates closely with AOSâs software for the ability to capture near real-time trailer data for both refrigerated and dry transport assets.
November 10, 2015
Business
Behind the wheel of Freightlinerâs Inspiration autonomous truck
âYour 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.â
September 15, 2015
Business
Peterbilt showcases âstepping stone to autonomous drivingâ
Bill Kahn, principal engineer for Peterbilt, says the outfitted Model 579 test unit â which would be classified as a Level 3 autonomous vehicle â is far from an autonomous truck.
May 29, 2015
Business
As trucks of tomorrow take shape, two paths forward emerge
Two major truck manufacturers unveiled technology that could â and likely will â reshape the trucking industry. Many hurdles and questions remain, however, but once they are, trucking could look vastly different than it does today.
May 26, 2015
Business
CCJ catches a ride in Freightlinerâs autonomous Inspiration truck
Video of CCJâs time with the Freightliner Inspiration self-driving truck, unveiled earlier this month.
May 13, 2015
Business
Driving into the future: CCJ test drives Freightlinerâs SuperTruck, self-driving Inspiration
CCJâs Jack Roberts had the chance to take Freightlinerâs futuristic concept truck, the SuperTruck, for a test drive, as well as catch a ride in the newly unveiled Freightliner Inspiration, the first autonomous vehicle legally licensed to operate on U.S. roadways.
May 6, 2015
Business
Freightliner launches first-ever road-legal North American autonomous truck
Freightliner unveiled the first U.S.-legal autonomous truck Tuesday afternoon.
May 5, 2015
Business
CargoSense receives funding for cold chain monitoring platform
CargoSense announced the final close of funding on its seed round of investment, bringing total proceeds for the Virginia-based smart data and MicroAnalytics Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company to $2.5 million.
April 28, 2015
Business
CarrierTransicold cites âgreenâ reefer advances
Energy efficient container refrigeration systems introduced by Carrier Transicold in recent years are playing a vital role in helping the marine shipping industry strengthen its environmental profile, the company says. Carrier Transicold, which last year celebrated production of its one millionth container refrigeration system, reports that total global sales of its PrimeLINE unit, introduced in [âŚ]
April 22, 2015
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