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Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices.

BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomousTCA

Self-Driving Firm Aurora Innovation Lands $90 Million Investment

Aurora Innovation鈥檚 2018 is off to a booming start. The self-driving car company with offices in Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley started the year announcing partnerships with Hyundai and Volkswagen.

February 28, 2018
BusinessEquipment

FreightCar America Acquiring Navistar Rail Facility

FreightCar America is moving to acquire the rail operations of Navistar Inc. in Cherokee, Ala.

February 28, 2018
BusinessEquipment

DTNA Sees Surging Truck Market in 2018

When Daimler Trucks North America looks at 2018, it anticipates a surging truck market, constrained supply lines, customers鈥 need for faster uptime aided by predictive technology and the steady advance of electric powertrains, the company鈥檚 top executive said.

February 28, 2018
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentFuel

Trump鈥檚 Biofuel Summit With Senators Ends Without Agreement

Donald Trump鈥檚 meeting with senators warring over the future of a program designed to boost biofuels ended without a breakthrough Feb. 27, prolonging a clash that could undermine the president鈥檚 political appeal in Pennsylvania and Iowa.

February 27, 2018
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomousTCA

Ford is Arriving With a Solution to Miami鈥檚 Terrible Drivers: Eliminate Them

On Feb. 27, Ford announced it had chosen Miami-Dade to be the first large-scale test site of its self-driving vehicle fleet.

February 27, 2018
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomousTCA

Self-Driving Cars With No In-Vehicle Backup Driver Get OK for California Public Roads

Self-driving cars with no human backup behind the wheel will be legal on California roads for testing and transporting the public starting April 2.

February 27, 2018
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Tell Us Your Vision of the Future of Logistics

How will technology and innovation change the business of transportation and logistics? That鈥檚 a question we are exploring as part of a series of articles on the theme, 鈥淣avigating the Future,鈥 in Transport Topics this year.

February 26, 2018
TechnologyEquipmentPerspective

Opinion: 3D Printing Could Bring Supply Chain Closer to Customers

Most of the talk surrounding 3D printing in the trucking industry centers on how it can be used to supply replacement parts for older vehicles. But its real value is much greater than that.

February 26, 2018
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomousTCA

TuSimple Expands as It Readies Self-Driving Truck Technology

Though it will likely be a decade or more before commercial trucks roll down the road without human drivers, trucks with sophisticated, semi-autonomous driving systems will soon be on the street 鈥 with a person aboard to supervise.

February 26, 2018
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

BMW, Toyota Back a Driverless Startup That Wants to Start Small

As automakers spend billions to rack up autonomous miles and map city streets, Toyota Motor Corp. and BMW AG are also betting on a startup with a more modest approach.

February 26, 2018