Waabi’s self-driving software switched from a Peterbilt to a totally different Volvo truck and drove safely from the first mile, no retraining needed.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Volvo Trucks North America unveiled a series of announcements at the American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) annual meeting in Nashville. The company detailed a $2 billion product investment program, a milestone fleet order for 400 trucks and new technology aimed at redefining truck-trailer connectivity. The announcements come as Volvo […]
Volvo Trucks North America has launched serial production of its 90% redesigned VNR regional-haul tractor at the New River Valley plant in Dublin, Va. Initial deliveries go to Tennessee homebuilder Clayton
Testing by Center for Pet Safety confirms secure options for drivers’ animal companions, amid estimates of hundreds of thousands of pets on U.S. roads daily.
Volvo Trucks North America tested its all-new Volvo VNL on a 3,000-mile road trip from Colorado to Alaska, enduring minus 40 F temperatures in Fairbanks. The extreme cold-weather program validates performance, reliability and comfort through real-world scenarios.
The Freudenberg Group makes a lot of different products, from candy coatings to heavy-duty electric truck and bus batteries.
Is the flux capacitor made famous in “Back to the Future” an answer to more efficient hydrogen storage on Class 8 trucks?
The fifth-generation Freightliner Cascadia is not dramatically different from the current model but it brings some driver-friendly changes.
With his legacy assured, Daimler Truck Chair and CEO Martin Daum will retire as CEO on Sept. 30, making way for Karin Rådström.
Sitetracker helps companies like ChargePoint automate tasks surrounding getting electric charging points up and running faster.
The potential energy and environmental gains from autonomous trucking are laid out in a new white paper from Aurora Innovation.
A big fine for Lordstown Motors and SuperTruck news carry the week over Work Truck Week and technology and maintenance event.
Volvo will work with DHL Supply Chain to test hub-to-hub autonomous trucking using Class 8 VNL tractors retrofitted by Aurora Innovation.
Aurora Technology pledges to be first to take the driver out of an autonomous truck in late 2023, but its freight ambitions are modest at present.
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