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Tech giants Google, Uber battling in court over autonomous truck secrets

Google and its subsidiary Waymo claim Uber and Otto Trucking stole thousands of documents and company trade secrets. Uber denies the claims. A judge Monday issued an injunction against Uber and Otto.

May 16, 2017

Volvo shows off three-truck platoon on Interstate 110 in LA

Volvo Trucks announced Monday it completed a successful demonstration of a partially automated truck platoon in California, leveraging Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control technology to run a three-truck platoon from the Port of Los Angeles along Interstate 110.

March 14, 2017

The three-truck Volvo VNL 670 platoon.

New autonomous trucking tech startup looking at taking drivers out of trucks

San Francisco-based Starsky Robotics’ system uses software, front- and side-facing radar and camera systems for autonomous highway driving like other autonomous companies, such as Otto and Embark, but it also puts drivers in an office where they can remotely control the truck from a terminal to its delivery destination.

March 6, 2017

The company’s aftermarket retrofit kit robotically controls the throttle, steering and transmission.

DOT report on fatal 2016 Tesla crash with tractor-trailer blames limitations of Autopilot mode

NHTSA concluded the car’s operator, who died in the collision, was leaning too heavily on the car’s driver assist systems, which failed to brake when a tractor-trailer crossed the road in front of the car.

February 2, 2017

An NTSB photo of the Freightliner Cascadia involved in the May 7 crash.

Autonomous truck startup Otto set to haul second load, this time in traffic

Unlike last month’s Budweiser delivery, which was done during pre-dawn hours to avoid traffic and pedestrians in the Denver, Colo.-area, this week’s run truck will include driving through traffic.

November 28, 2016

Otto made its first self-driving delivery last month, hauling a load of beer 125 miles in Colorado. Otto, owned by Uber, retrofits existing trucks with autonomous capabilities.

Autonomous trucks pave way for hours reform and more, but major roadblocks remain, says ATRI

“Truck driving as a career may become more attractive as Level 3 and Level 4 [autonomous] trucks are commercially available. Automation may relieve some of the stress and monotony of driving long hours and…could allow drivers to work on tasks such as logistics while the vehicle is moving,” ATRI says. “The ability to rest while driving in the Level 4 environment could enable drivers to be at home more often rather than parked at distant locations.”

November 17, 2016

A Volvo VNL equipped with the Otto retrofit autonomous system hauled a load of Budweiser 125 miles last month in Colorado.

Automated beer run: Self-driving truck makes first delivery, hauls load of Budweiser

Automated trucking hit a milestone last week, with Uber-acquired upstart Otto delivering 51 cases of Budweiser in Colorado Springs, Colo., last week. The truck left Fort Collins, Colo., last Thursday before dawn, navigated through downtown Denver and then made its delivery in Colorado Springs.

October 25, 2016

Otto delivered the autonomous load of Budweiser via a partnership with Anheuser-Busch.

NACFE: Truck platooning boosts fuel economy, ‘next logical automation’

In a two-truck platoon, the potential fuel consumption savings versus an isolated single vehicle varies depending on the separation distance of the trucks, but the report says at a following distance of 40- to 50-feet platooning can lead to 4 percent average savings over the two trucks after accounting for traffic, terrain and time when equipped trucks will not be operating in a platoon.

September 29, 2016

A graphic distributed in 2015 by Freightliner on the fuel economy benefits of a three-truck platoon.

Forecasters: Trucking’s autonomous revolution is nigh, and it may be prickly

Transportation forecasters and top brass at truck OEs sent a message to the trucking industry in recent weeks: Autonomous trucking is coming, and its revolution will likely have a greater impact on the industry than deregulation of the early 1980s.

September 27, 2016

FTR economists Noel Perry, left, and Larry Gross said automation will revolutionize the trucking industry in the next two decades, and carriers need to be prepared to weather the major changes it will bring.

U.S. DOT initiates regulatory framework for autonomous trucks

The proposed policy initiative comes as both traditional automotive makers and tech giants march increasingly closer to readying such technology for public use.

September 20, 2016

World Premiere Freightliner Inspiration Truck

Uber enters trucking via Otto acquisition, co.’s announce plans for freight matching system

The company plans to roll out a nationwide freight matching platform built around autonomous trucks.

August 18, 2016

Otto has launched an Android app as well as a website with the express intention of generating contact with both trucking and shipper communities in a freight marketplace. Downloading the “Otto Test Drive” app enables you simply to signal your interest and “join our early access program,” the company says. “Our technology will come to certain trucking corridors first, so sign up early to cast your vote on where we should go.”

Self-driving Tesla that hit truck, killed driver was speeding at time of crash, NTSB reports

The Tesla hit a tractor-trailer that was crossing the road in front of the car. The Tesla was in its autonomous Autopilot mode, and the car maker said the white trailer disappeared into the bright sky behind it, causing the system to not detect the large vehicle in front of it.

August 5, 2016

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