President of PGT Trucking said the load-matching trend doesn’t adequately respond to today’s supply chain constraints, driver shortage and polluted environment.
Before its two-truck autonomous convoys hit the road in 2022, startup Locomation points to a scientific study validating its approach.
Even when everyone agrees, regulations take a year to get approved. And there are detractors to autonomous trucking rulemaking
Freight railroads are committed to delivering the best possible service product for customers and consumers
Thanks to persistent industry headwinds, the debate surrounding how to pay drivers – by the mile or by the hour – is heating up, and Congress is taking notice.
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Former government safety officials now have investments and profits to keep in mind as they help their companies chart a course for autonomous vehicles.
“We see Locomation’s autonomous technology as a win-win situation for both our older and younger drivers,” said Hickly.
Startup Locomation sees huge upside for an autonomous trucking convoy, but it has a long road to meeting its goal of 60,000 trucking pairs by 2025.
Most often, hesitation surrounding autonomous vehicles centers on cost and safety concerns. Locomation set out to address these pain points with a phased approach.
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By Tom Kroswek Vice President, Strategy & Business Development Tom Kroswek is a logistics and engineering professional with 30+ years of experience in supply chain engineering, transportation analysis, inbound manufacturing support, and distribution/fulfillment operations. Throughout his career, Tom has immersed himself in data analytics, logistics engineering, supply chain analysis, project management, business development and operations […]
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PITTSBURGH, PA—Locomation, the world’s first technology platform to offer human-guided autonomous truck convoying, today marked the third anniversary of its founding and highlighted important recent milestones in its growth. Earlier this month, the company moved into new, more spacious offices in Pittsburgh’s Robotics Row, a hotspot for fast-growing technology companies in the region. To accelerate testing of […]
How NASA’s Mars Rover is helping to chart a path for autonomous trucks
Improving utilization of existing resources in a capacity-crunched market is a “game changer,” Locomation CEO Çetin Meriçli says.
Outside funding totals nearly $5 billion as Waymo’s expenses rise to expand driverless ride hailing and high-autonomy trucking software.
Contract puts Locomation’s AV tech to work on PGT Trucking’s freight routes to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs and carbon footprint
ARCs — paired with freight optimization services — can lead to operating margin improvements as high as 30% and utilization increases of up to 130% for carriers.
With trucking demand expected to surge in lockstep with e-commerce growth, autonomous vehicles offer an innovative solution for an industry with an already strained workforce.
