Research projects at two universities designed to enhance truck platooning and improve maintenance of exhaust aftertreatment systems for trucks received $8 million in federal backing, the Department of Energy announced Nov. 2.
November 2, 2016BusinessTechnology
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November 3, 2016BusinessTechnology
SkyBitz Adds Solar-Powered Tracking Device
Telematics provider SkyBitz Inc. announced its new solar-powered Falcon GXT5000, the next generation of its asset-tracking products using 3G/4G cellular networks.
October 31, 2016BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Bendix Launches Driver Control Module Production at Mexican Plant
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems said it has begun to produce driver control modules, or DCMs,聽built for Navistar Inc. on an advanced new assembly line at its Acu帽a, Mexico, manufacturing campus, in which it recently invested $4.6 million.
October 31, 2016BusinessTechnology
Self-Driving Truck Delivers
In what it called the world鈥檚 first shipment by a self-driving truck, technology firm Otto announced Oct. 25 that one of its heavy-duty, semi-autonomous trucks assisted in a 133-mile delivery for Anheuser- Busch InBev.
October 31, 2016BusinessTechnology
Trucking Industry鈥檚 Onboard Video Market Expands to Multicamera Deployments
Trucking鈥檚 onboard video market is expanding beyond cab cameras to capture a more complete view of what is happening around the vehicle.
October 31, 2016GovernmentBusinessTechnology
NHTSA Scared This Self-Driving Entrepreneur Off the Road
Self-driving cars are getting closer by the day, but they won鈥檛 be coming from hacking phenomenon George Hotz.
October 28, 2016BusinessTechnology
Orders for Capital Goods Decline by Most Since February
Orders for U.S. business equipment fell in September by the most in seven months, indicating corporate investment is having trouble gaining traction.
October 27, 2016GovernmentBusinessSafetyTechnology
ATA President Chris Spear: Congress Is Better Forum for Autonomous Technology Discussions
WASHINGTON聽鈥 The trucking industry鈥檚 chief representative on Oct. 26 called on Congress to take the lead on policy decisions regarding self-driving commercial technology.
October 26, 2016GovernmentBusinessTechnology
Advisory Panel Asks FMCSA to 'Get a Seat at the Table' on Autonomous Truck Issues
A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration advisory committee formally asked the agency to get 鈥減roactive and involved鈥 with a Department of Transportation inter-agency group to get the commercial motor vehicle industry 鈥渁 seat at the table鈥 to work on the design, safety and regulatory aspects of autonomous trucks.
October 26, 2016