Truck Paper Autonomous Trucks Blog Archive

Daimler Truck has selected Aeva as the supplier of long and ultra-long range LiDAR for its series production autonomous commercial vehicle program. ...

The VNR Electric has an operational range of up to 275 miles and 565 kilowatt-hours of battery power. ...

Bridgestone and Tier IV will collaborate on research seeking to advance autonomous driving technology and develop advanced tire technologies at the Bridgestone Innovation Park in Tokyo. ...

“The next-generation Volvo VNR Electric is in production since Q2 2022 and will be on display in our booth,” says Volvo Trucks North America President Peter Voorhoeve. ...

The Freightliner parent company says the formation of the council is the next step on the road to autonomous hub-to-hub logistics. ...

In what appears to be a glimpse of the future, Peterbilt displayed the first Model 579 truck equipped with Aurora Driver, an autonomous driving system that meets the SAE Level 4 standard, at CES 2022 in Las Vegas. ...

Bridgestone’s cloud-based vehicle platforms provide additional intelligence for vehicle safety systems by linking vehicle-based and smart-sensing tire technologies. ...

The companies expect to deploy their first vehicles later this year, and they say the self-driving trucks will help alleviate struggles to meet customer expectations amid a rise in e-commerce sales combined with a nationwide driver shortage. ...

IVECO, a pioneer in the commercialization and manufacturing of vehicles powered by alternative fuels, announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Plus, a leading global autonomous trucking company. ...

The move helps PACCAR take a major step toward deploying Kenworth T680 and Peterbilt 579 trucks that use the Aurora Driver platform in North America in coming years. ...

The truck manufacturer has entered several collaboration agreements with technology developers in recent weeks as it continues to work toward the release of an autonomous Freightliner Cascadia. ...

The companies say Waymo Driver-equipped Freightliner Cascadias will be available to U.S. customers in the coming years. ...

The tests, which will take place in the southwest United States, will serve as an opportunity to further refine the safety redundancy systems and test both hardware and software. ...

The companies report that progress continues apace, and trucks equipped with SAE Level 4 technology have been deployed on public roads, accompanied by highly trained conductors and safety drivers. ...

If everything goes to plan, Navistar will sell these self-driving vehicles all across North America via its existing dealer and sales network. ...

Stop by the show and see Kenworth in PACCAR’s booth (#CP-24) through Friday, January 10. ...

The truck manufacturer is testing trucks with SAE Level 4 automation, and says that the tests will play an integral role in establishing the essential building block for successfully advancing automated technology. ...

The new unit will help the company reach its goal of putting highly automated (SAE level 4) trucks on the road within the next 10 years. ...

Airbus, a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial and military aircraft and helicopters, will provide ZF Friedrichshafen with satellite-derived data with the aim of enhancing onboard systems ZF provides to enhance autonomous driving solutions. ...

Torc will remain a separate entity despite Daimler’s majority stake acquisition, and will retain its staff, employees, and existing customers. ...

The company says this technology helps autonomous vehicles perform optimally in challenging conditions including low and changing light. ...

The company’s current base of operations will expand as Daimler explores the possibilities of autonomous trucks in cooperation with an existing team in Germany. ...

Scania has been a longtime believer in the concept of platooning, which is a term for when trucks or other vehicles travel as closely as possible, one in front of the other, in order to free up space on the highway as well as to improve fuel efficiency. ...