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WASHINGTON — Truck safety advocates are warning federal regulators against approving a roadside...
Kodiak Robotics is taking a lightweight approach to mapping the highways it drives autonomously, reasoning that roadway changes make high-definition maps obsolete as soon as they are created.
The autonomous trucking software startup recently mapped 5,400 miles of freeway on a single driver followed by quality checks. The focus on where highways change and connect allowed Kodiak to complete a nearly 5,600-mile loop hauling freight for 10 Roads Express, the nation’s largest long-haul carrier of...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/kodiak-robotics-goes-lightweight-on-mapping-for-autonomous-trucks
As autonomous technology develops, the regulatory environment — both state and federal — seems to be slowing the urgency on these efforts. However, during last week’s FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience, Detroit Bureau Chief Alan Adler spoke with Jim Mullen, chief administrative officer at self-driving startup TuSimple, who boldly declared that the commercialization of autonomous trucks will be finalized in 2024.
For the last year and a half, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...
Autonomous trucking startup Locomation is pursuing with two Class 8 trucks what others are trying to accomplish with one: ultimately operating without a driver in either cab.
The 3-year-old company is based in Pittsburgh, home of Carnegie Mellon University, a launch point for many of the brightest minds in robot cars and trucks. Founder Cetin Mericli is one of that group.
Locomation is not just about autonomous trucks, a challenge of at least a half-dozen well-financed startup companies. San...
This week, Plus CEO David Liu talks about autonomous trucking in China; debating the limitations of real-world autonomous miles versus simulations; and hybrid powertrain maker Hyliion’s addition of a second secretary of transportation to its board.
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Middle Kingdom masteryTwo of the leading autonomous truck software developers compete in China — TuSimple and Plus. Only Plus generates press releases, such as its...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-talk-throwing-shade-edition
Driverless software developer Plus is still convinced it will take billions of safety driver-monitored autonomous driving before it can remove the driver from the equation.
But, under the right circumstances, it is possible to go driverless now.
Plus recently completed a 20-mile driverless demonstration drive on the newly built Wufengshan highway in China’s Jiangsu Province near Shanghai. The startup videotaped the steering wheel moving and the unoccupied cab along with aerial shots of lane...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/plus-completes-20-mile-driverless-demo-on-public-road-in-china
A group representing makers self-driving cars and trucks wants the Biden administration to reconsider its recent order mandating that manufacturers and operators of automated vehicles promptly report data involving certain crashes that occur while the automation technology is engaged.
The Self-Driving Coalition, whose members include truck technology companies Embark, TuSimple and Waymo — all of which are included in the order issued on June 29 by the National Highway Traffic Safety...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/questioning-new-federal-crash-data-requirements
Federal regulators have ordered manufacturers and operators of trucks equipped with Level 2 advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) or Levels 3-5 automated driving systems (ADS) to report crashes.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced on Tuesday that it was exercising its authority through a standing general order issued to 108 companies, which also includes passenger vehicle manufacturers, “to collect information necessary for the agency to play its role in keeping...
Regulations and standards related to automated driving and electric trucks are among the top priorities at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) based on details outlined within President Joe Biden’s $6 trillion budget unveiled on Friday.
The approximately $88 billion requested for the Department of Transportation in 2022 is essentially unchanged from the 2021 enacted funding level. Within that amount, $748 million was set aside for FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Operations and...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-priorities-outlined-in-bidens-2022-budget
As the first autonomous trucking software company to go public, TuSimple Holdings is earning Wall Street credibility. Most analysts offer positive commentary on the 5-year-old startup.
They appear fixated on the company’s plan to remove the driver from Class 8 semis on night runs covering 113 miles on Interstate 10 between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. On TuSimple’s first earnings call Monday, questions about the pilot — the holy grail of autonomous trucking — piled up.
“It’s not a PR stunt,”...