autonomous trucking

TuSimple snags Goodyear Tire in latest autonomous trucking partnership

TuSimple is partnering with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., as the self-driving trucking company continues to build a network of supplier and OEM partners.

The collaboration, announced Tuesday, will provide tires and tire management solutions to TuSimple’s Autonomous Freight Network (AFN). 

As part of the agreement, Goodyear also will provide products and repair services for the Level 4 autonomous trucks. Level 4 autonomy refers to trucks that do not need a driver under certain conditions.

Additionally...

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Self-driving big rigs: More like the internet than the iPhone

  • Industry panel says autonomous trucks will be phased in gradually, eventually transforming a huge swath of economic activity.
  • Autonomous trucking deployment limited by patchwork of state regulations.
  • Embark legal counsel: “Any accident would set the entire industry back. The peer pressure is not just present — it’s existential.”

Federal regulations give autonomous trucking companies wide latitude to operate on public roads, but as a new administration prepares to take office, industry...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/self-driving-big-rigs-more-like-the-internet-than-the-iphone

5 trucking sustainability trends for 2021

5 sustainability trends for 2021 in the trucking industry.

According to an International Transport Forum (ITF) report, freight accounts for 7% of total global CO2 emissions, with trucking being the largest contributor. As the world faces more effects of climate change every day, the trucking industry is driving toward a greener, more efficient future.

Alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs)

The deployment of AFVs — including electric, hydrogen-electric and renewable natural gas (RNG) — is on the rise. The Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) said electric...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/5-trucking-sustainability-trends-for-2021

In autonomous trucking, Ike bets on humility, not disruption (with video)

When Alden Woodrow and his team at Ike, an autonomous trucking technology company, first made the rounds of investors in Silicon Valley, they pitched a decidedly low-key approach to getting their software to market.

“We very explicitly said, ‘If you want us to launch a product in the next 18 months, you should not invest because that will not be possible,’” said Woodrow, Ike’s co-founder CEO.

That kind of truth telling probably lost them some investors, Woodrow said.

Others were sold. In 2019, a...

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TuSimple teams with Hillwood on Texas logistics hub

  • TuSimple has secured property for a logistics hub in an innovation zone located near the Fort Worth Alliance Airport.
  • The 9,600-square-foot facility represents a “significant investment” for the San Diego-based startup.
  • The project, to be developed by Hillwood, the development firm founded by Ross Perot Jr., will house autonomous truck operations, service and administrative support.

TuSimple has secured property for a logistics hub in an innovation zone located near the Fort Worth Alliance...

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Plus taps AWS as cloud provider as Amazon tightens grip on autonomous vehicles

  • Plus has selected AWS as cloud provider, as the autonomous trucking company prepares for mass  production of Level 3 truck.
  • The partnership follows Amazon’s investment in self-driving vehicle companies.
  • Expert: Partnership announcements between autonomous startups and established businesses can “warp perception” about which companies are leaders.

Self-driving truck technology company Plus (formerly Plus.ai) has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its cloud provider as the Silicon Valley...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/plus-selects-aws-as-cloud-provider-as-amazon-tightens-grip-on-autonomous-vehicles

General Motors, Lyft and Cray execs join Aurora

Among the self-driving technology set, the summer of 2020 will be remembered for the pandemic and uptick in development and commercialization of autonomous trucking.

A case in point is autonomous vehicle company Aurora, which this summer expanded testing of its autonomous Class 8 trucks to Texas and moved to a new Pittsburgh headquarters.

On Wednesday, the Amazon-backed company announced a few more growth indicators. It revealed new information about its headcount, claiming 600 employees, up from...

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Ike lines up fleet customers for driverless trucks

Autonomous trucking software developer Ike is partnering with three major logistics customers to deploy highly automated Level 4 trucks for highway driving, the startup said Tuesday.

Logistics providers Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R), DHL, and NFI Industries will be among the first customers, Ike said in a press release announcing the multi-year “Powered by Ike” program. Other participants will be named later.

Ike’s vision is for automated trucks to drive on the highway. They would hand off loads...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ike-lines-up-fleet-customers-for-driverless-trucks

Exclusive: Feds award major truck platooning contract to California PATH

A California research organization has been selected by the federal government to answer critical questions on the benefits of truck platooning in a project considered to be a significant next step in trucking automation.

California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH), a research and development program of the University of California, Berkeley, was selected from among three research organizations that participated in Phase 1 of the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA)...

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