After years of fiscal strain, weary carriers are finding some solace in falling diesel prices and anticipated interest rate cuts. At the same time, however, carriers are still grappling with too much capacity in the trucking market.
This mix of indicators points to an overall environment where success – or failure – hinges largely on the decisions carriers make. In an industry that continues to be plagued by nuclear verdicts, carriers continue to face outsized risks surrounding litigation,...
TUCSON, Ariz. — Nearly seven of 10 automobile crashes occur within 10 miles of home, according to insurance industry statistics.
It’s apparently true even for autonomous trucks.
An otherwise uneventful ride in TuSimple’s high autonomy-equipped International LT on a sunny Wednesday morning last month turned dicey when four impatient motorists raced past the truck on the left as it began a wide right turn into the company driveway.
Then, a white Jeep Compass SUV whipped by on the right, encroaching...
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — How the Penske box truck managed to jump a concrete road barrier on Interstate 880 didn’t matter to other motorists stuck in the 20-minute traffic jam it caused.
The wreck was an unexpected highlight of a ride in Embark Truck’s high-autonomy truck around the East Bay on a sun-drenched Thursday morning last week. The ride was supposed to take about an hour and 10 minutes. It lasted 1:45.
Embark invited FreightWaves to experience the state of the Level 4 Embark Driver software...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/real-world-autonomy-navigating-a-traffic-jam-and-a-crash-scene
CUPERTINO, Calif. — So what is it like when a robot is doing the driving of a fully loaded Class 8 heavy-duty truck?
Really smooth. Really well mannered. And the sense that surrounding traffic is oblivious to the likely future of trucking, at least of this hourlong ride on several northern California freeways on a sunny afternoon in early July.
Freightwaves accepted an invitation from startup autonomous trucking software maker Plus to experience the current state of its Level 4 software retrofit...