Could shuttered power plants become electric truck charging sites?

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Where will all the power come from to charge the electric trucks expected to someday dominate the...

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The Log Book: UPS Foundation celebrates its 70th anniversary

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: the UPS Foundation enters into its 70th year of giving back, Everyday Heroes will auction off Kenworth T680 Next Gen for Truckers Against Trafficking and TA raises $102,000 for St. Christopher Trucker’s.

UPS Foundation celebrates 70th anniversary

On Monday, the UPS Foundation celebrated its 70th anniversary of giving back to the community in four areas: humanitarian relief, economic...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-log-book-ups-foundation-celebrates-its-70th-anniversary

The Log Book: Custom-wrapped Kenworth to haul Capitol Christmas tree

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: A Kenworth truck is set to deliver the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree for the eighth time; a project44 partnership offers camper vans for employees to work from anywhere; and ATA’s road team delivers supplies to Afghan refugees in Wisconsin.

Custom-wrapped Kenworth to deliver US Capitol Christmas tree

On Tuesday, truck manufacturer PACCAR revealed a special Kenworth T680 Next Generation that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-log-book-custom-wrapped-kenworth-to-haul-capitol-christmas-tree

Goodbye to spinning chicken buckets; hello to aesthetic AV design

The appearance of autonomous vehicles has come a long way since the days of “rotating chicken buckets,” as one lidar product was known.

With its fourth-generation truck, self-driving truck developer Kodiak Robotics is matching a functional aesthetic with easier maintenance. 

“From the beginning of Kodiak, we have always tried really hard to thoughtfully integrate our technology into the platform,” CEO Don Burnette told FreightWaves in an interview. “There’s been a history of self-driving...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/goodbye-to-spinning-chicken-buckets-hello-to-aesthetic-av-design

Aurora, PACCAR and FedEx team up to test autonomous trucks in Texas

FedEx Corp. will integrate Aurora Innovation’s high-autonomy software-equipped trucks from PACCAR Inc. into its linehaul logistics operations in Texas, the latest example of real-world testing of robot-driven trucks.

Aurora, a latecomer to autonomous trucking after focusing its efforts on autonomous ride-hailing, is trying to assume first-mover status, leapfrogging competitors targeting long-haul driverless trucks in 2024. Aurora is aiming to remove the driver from the cab of its trucks in late...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aurora-paccar-and-fedex-team-up-to-test-autonomous-trucks-in-texas

Autonomous tease: Aurora shows image of Toyota Sienna designed for rideshare

Autonomous vehicle company Aurora has shown images of an autonomous Toyota Sienna that it said has been designed specifically for ride-hailing operation.

The company posted a blog detailing the vehicle, which is based on the Toyota (NYSE:TM) Sienna Autono-MaaS (S-AM) mass-produced prototype. The S-AM is Toyota’s hybrid-electric powertrain. Aurora said tests will be conducted over the next six months and that “we’ll mature this initial development fleet in Pittsburgh, Dallas, the Bay Area and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/autonomous-tease-aurora-shows-image-of-toyota-sienna-designed-for-rideshare

Camera monitoring systems gain fleet favor as adoption grows

Mario Gafencu wishes the Stoneridge Inc. MirrorEye Camera Monitor System (CMS) was around when he was rolling up 2.5 million accident-free miles as a professional driver. His first 20-mile drive on a snowy January day last year was all the evidence he needed.

“Regardless of all the road spray from all the vehicles on the road that day, my view of the traffic around my vehicle was clear and unobstructed,” Gafencu recalled. ” I was no longer guessing and hoping that a vehicle was not in that right...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/camera-monitoring-systems-gain-fleet-favor-as-adoption-grows

Truck Talk: Autonomous insurance edition

This week, we’re looking at what insurance for autonomous trucks might look like and how truck manufacturers are booking additional revenue by selling chargers and hand-holding advice with electric trucks.

Insuring the drive, not the driver

Autonomous trucking software developer TuSimple and Liberty Mutual insurance are working together to figure out how to insure a truck without a distracted, drowsy or otherwise human driver behind the wheel.

Truly driverless trucks are several years away, though...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/truck-talk-autonomous-insurance-edition

Can Kodiak Robotics compete with the big boys of autonomous trucking?

Kodiak Robotics is one of several Silicon Valley autonomous trucking software developers. But it gets less attention than players that started earlier. It also lacks the fundraising and manufacturer partnerships that competitors have.

TuSimple’s public trading debut, the reputational credit given to Google-backed Waymo Via and partner-rich Aurora Innovation crowd out Kodiak. China-backed Plus generates significantly more headlines. More recently, Embark Trucks has, too.

“I think the technology...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/can-kodiak-robotics-compete-with-the-big-boys-of-autonomous-trucking

April Class 8 truck orders: Too much of a good thing?

A year after the global pandemic nearly zeroed out Class 8 truck orders, the reopening of the economy is stressing supply chains, making it unlikely that any of April’s 33,500 orders will be produced this year.

The situation is practically a repeat of 2018, when manufacturers produced 325,000 trucks for the year. The build rate through the first quarter was the same as that year. But the backlog is bigger and supply constraints are unrelenting, Kenny Vieth, senior analyst and president of ACT...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/april-class-8-truck-orders-too-much-of-a-good-thing

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