The Future Is Near for Self-Driving Trucks on US Roads May 1, 2024 By Tom Krisher On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board....
Autonomous Truck Market Surging, Study Finds February 21, 2024 The demand for autonomous trucks is estimated to increase from $3.3 billion in 2023 to reach $6.9 billion by 2028,...
Logistics Giants Hedge Their Bets in Uncertain U.S. Self-Driving Truck Race April 4, 2022 By Tina Bellon U.S. self-driving truck companies have a golden opportunity in the form of a nationwide driver shortage, but their robot drivers...
Can a Self-Driving 40-Ton Truck Be Safe? Developers Say Yes But Others Are Skeptical. January 10, 2022 By Keith Laing Shipping companies and software developers are experimenting with self-driving trucks as a way to solve a driver shortage worsened by...
U.S. Automated Vehicles Testing Program Expands to 52 Participants January 13, 2021 The federal government’s program working with states and developers of automated vehicles has grown from a pilot operation to one...
Autonomous Deliveries Will Likely Catch on Before Taxis, Says Waymo CEO October 29, 2019 By Keith Naughton True driverless cars have arrived from Waymo, the self-driving unit of Alphabet Inc., but the company’s chief executive officer says...
Volvo’s Autonomous Trucking Offer Bundles Pilots, Insurance, Services July 10, 2019 By Esha Vaish Swedish truckmaker AB Volvo’s first commercial autonomous truck deal shows how it is bundling services to generate revenue from a...
U.S. Post Office Testing Driverless Trucks Between 2 Cities May 21, 2019 By Ira Boudway The United States Postal Service is going to put mail on self-driving trucks. Starting on Tuesday morning, letters and packages...
Federal Safety Agency Seeks to Remove Roadblocks to Autonomous Trucks, Buses January 11, 2018 By Ryan Beene Federal regulators are taking the first step toward creating a policy guiding the development of autonomous transportation beyond self-driving cars...
Trucking Industry Backs Bills Easing Self-Driving Vehicle Regulation September 14, 2017 By David Shepardson A U.S. trucking trade group and truck maker Navistar International Corp. urged a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday to include...