
Gravel and dirt roads present some unique challenges for truck platooning technology. FPInnovations and its partners have been testing the technology on backroads in Quebec, Canada to see how it might peform in the real world.
Read More →Amazing advances in autonomous technology and prosthetic limbs mean a virtually untapped pool of potential truck drivers is out there, just waiting for a chance to go to work.
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ReAx from ZF was originally designed as something that would make it easier to steer a truck at lower speeds, but it has become a key component in automated driver assist features and may someday enable fully autonomous driving.
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Volvo said the latest versions of its Active Driver Assist technology will be standard equipment in all new VNR and VNL models, and available as optional equipment on VNX models, beginning later this year.
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As companies around the globe move to cash in on the rapidly emerging last-mile delivery segment, autonomous methods of delivery, from self-driving vans to drones to mall delivery robots, are being developed to help get everything from pizzas to parcels into the hands of customers.
Read More →We’re nearly halfway through 2019, so HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge asked HDT’s Editorial Advisory Board what current trends and issues are most on their minds.
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Accounting for unpredictable human behavior is a major problem for autonomous vehicle control systems. Volvo Truck North America's new partnership with Perceptive Automata is seeking answers to that puzzle.
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Volvo's new research agreement with American technology developer Nvidia, is focused on creating a flexible, scalable autonomous driving system to used in future commercial vehicles.
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Autonomous technology developer TuSimple has formed a partnership with Pima Community College in Tuscon, Arizona, to launch what it says is the first autonomous driving certificate program for truck drivers.
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In theory, truck platoons are an obvious way to improve fuel economy for multiple vehicles at a time. But actually doing it on the road presents its own challenges.
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