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Business

An ELD positive, an hours negative, and more from trucking’s present and perhaps stormy future

CEO of Load One along with a panel of industry experts spoke about the positives of ELDs, an hours negative, and trucking's present and perhaps stormy future.

July 25, 2018

Business

FMCSA hosting West Coast listening session on autonomous tech later this week

The FMCSA says it’s hoping to hear comments from autonomous technology stakeholders and more. The session is set for Thursday, July 12, 2018. More here.

July 9, 2018

Business

Daimler Trucks building facility dedicated to autonomous research, development

Daimler Trucks will plant roots in Oregon with proposed Automated Truck Research and Development Center focused on automation technology in the trucking industry.

June 12, 2018

Business

FMCSA to explore autonomous truck regs in upcoming listening session

The FMCSA listening session gives people the opportunity to help determine how current regulations relate to the development and integration of autonomous trucks.

June 8, 2018

Channel 19

Autonomous revolution may be nigh, but it’s coming for brokers faster than operators

We've all heard about autonomous trucks, but Noel Perry believes automation will come to brokerage businesses before automated trucks hit the road.

May 23, 2018

Overdrive Extra

Sidestepping the ‘mushy middle’ of autonomous vehicles

High levels of automation in cars and trucks on public highways could be decades away. If that’s what it takes, it’s worth waiting for, as recent autonomous mishaps show…

April 26, 2018

Channel 19

Working remotely as an owner-operator — autonomous remote-pilot test driver profiled

Ex-owner-op Jeff Runions today is working as a “test driver” for the San Francisco-based Starsky Robotics tech start-up, whose remote-pilot exploits in the “autonomous trucks” realm have made news in recent months.

April 9, 2018

Business

FMCSA seeks public input on how current regs impact autonomous testing, deployment

FMCSA is seeking information from the trucking industry, safety advocates, the motoring public and ADS manufacturers on any current regulations that could hinder the development and testing of ADS-equipped trucks.

April 2, 2018

Overdrive Extra

Technology and maximizing your most precious resource

How technology is “changing some of what I want to believe about my business,” in the words of owner-operator Gary Buchs, in this his debut on the Overdrive Extra blog. Among tech’s benefits: freeing up the resource of time “to study the markets and pursue new customers, making my business more efficient.”

March 20, 2018

Business

Waymo hits Atlanta-area roadways with autonomous truck tests

The tests “will let us further develop our technology and integrate it into the operations of shippers and carriers,” the company said in a blog post Friday. “As our self-driving trucks hit the highways in the region, we’ll have highly trained drivers in the cabs to monitor and take control if needed.”

March 13, 2018

Business

Uber looks to ‘take the driver out of the vehicle’ on long-haul lanes, demonstrates transfer-hub system for loads

Uber ATG, the self-driving-tech side of Uber’s business, is moving freight with at least one carrier and shipper partner each across Arizona in ongoing tests of their autonomous technology and a transfer-hub trailer hand-off system the company envisions being “what trucking and freight could be” primarily in the future.

March 6, 2018

Business

Uber, who’s invested big in autonomous truck tech, says driver jobs will shift, not disappear

While long haul driving jobs could succumb to the market pressures of self-driving rigs, the company concludes there will be a spike in the number of drivers needed for localized driving jobs. Uber researchers also project that the industry will move away from per-mile pay structures in favor of hourly pay.

February 14, 2018