Truck platooning

A U.S. senator wants to cut through red tape that’s keeping driverless cars and trucks from commercial viability.

Q1 earnings season is upon us, with early results pointing to continued degradation in truckload carriers’ financial health. Wisconsin-based Marten Transport released its Q1 earnings on Wednesday, but with publicly traded companies timing is everything.

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.

The Federal Communications Commission is sued over a decision that could affect progress in truck platooning communications.

Truck platooning could see delays and higher costs with rollout of FCC’s 5.9 GHz now confirmed.

Peter DeFazio, a top transportation lawmaker, wants the Federal Communications Commission to rethink adopting rules that experts say would hinder trucking automation.

Rush Enterprises sold Class 8 trucks at a level reflecting the industry’s overall COVID-impacted decline in 2020. It expects better results in 2021 and beyond.

Cybersecurity skills are among the gaps identified in GAO review of DOT’s workforce.

UPS and Volvo Group concerned about changes proposed by regulators.

Truck platoon technology company Locomation has announced a rare deal for the sector: a hefty purchase order from Wilson Logistics, a transportation logistics company based in Springfield, Missouri. Under the terms of the agreement, at least 1,120 Wilson Logistics tractors are to be equipped with Locomation’s Autonomous Relay Convoy (ARC) technology, with the first units […]

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, the FreightWaves Carrier Summit began on Wednesday; a new upstart wants to dig deeper into supply chains; and FedEx sets peak season shipping charges.

Pittsburgh-based Locomation completes first commercial demonstration of its synced-up convoys

Project considered critical to developing federal safety standards and guidelines.

Proposal could undercut “hundreds of millions” spent on connected-vehicle infrastructure

Kenworth Truck Co. is finally satisfied that over-the-air software updates are safe for its trucks.

Mala Parker says she’ll work to modernize U.S. roads and bridges.

Learn how existing and future technologies will continue the evolution of supply chains, transportation and warehousing.

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Daimler has been given permission by the Oregon Department of Transportation to test truck platooning on the roads of Oregon following successful trials in Madras, OR. The company has said it will first test the platooning technology on two connected heavy-duty Cascadias in the first step called “pairing.”

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) conducted a three-truck platooning test in Centreville, VA, last week, along I-66. The test, using Volvo Trucks, was designed to the effectiveness of autonomous and vehicle-to-vehicle communications technologies.  

According to an internal company email obtained by Reuters, Tesla has spoken with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles about testing autonomous electric trucks with no driver in the cab on Nevada roadways.

While platooning vehicles are close to real-world operation, the world itself may not be ready for them. According to a guide for legislators created by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the varied nature of state laws may limited where platooning vehicles may operate.