Categories: Autonomous Technology, Equipment, Fleet Forward, Global Fleet, Operations, Safety, Technology, Vehicle Research

Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics are actively developing and testing automated trucks with SAE Level 4-intent technology on public roads.

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/339953/daimler-begins-testing-automated-trucks-on-public-roads

Categories: Autonomous Technology, Equipment, Global Fleet, Operations, Safety, Safety & Compliance, Technology

The U.S. Department of Justice announced 33 charges of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets against ex-Google engineer and Pronto AI founder Anthony...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/339277/pronto-ai-founder-anthony-levandowski-charged-with-theft-of-trade-secrets

Categories: Fleet Management, Global Fleet, Safety, Technology

Heavy Duty Trucking spoke with Starsky Robotics founder and CEO about how he sees the concept of autonomous trucks as a complete technology infrastructure--...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/339251/qa-starsky-robotics-founder-on-the-digitazation-of-freight-and-autonomous-trucks

Categories: Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs), Fleet Management, Global Fleet, Products, Safety, Technology

Transflo now offers the digital ecosystem called Transflo Bundle+, designed to help truck fleets and drivers manage efficiency and compliance directly from...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/338881/transflo-announces-integrated-eld-weigh-station-bypass-and-telematics-bundle

Categories: Global Fleet, Maintenance, Operations, Safety, Technology, Telematics, Vehicle Research

Mack Trucks has introduced dynamic maintenance -- a connected vehicle service focused on proactive vehicle maintenance planning and fleet operations efficiency.

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/338279/mack-trucks-announces-proactive-maintenance-telematics-program

Categories: Autonomous Technology, Fleet Forward, Fleet Management, Safety, Technology

Digitized freight developer Loadsmart and Starsky Robotics say the announcement marks the first time an autonomous company and a digital broker have...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/337887/loadsmart-and-starsky-robotics-make-first-ever-digital-freight-delivery-via-auto

Categories: Autonomous Technology, Fleet Forward, Fleet Management, Global Fleet, Safety, Technology

Peloton’s new Automated Following solution uses vehicle-to-vehicle technology to allow a single driver in a lead truck to control two platooning vehicles.

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/336328/peloton-announces-level-4-driverless-truck-platooning-system

Categories: Autonomous Technology, Equipment, Fleet Forward, Safety, Technology

Autonomous trucks aren’t as far off as you might think, or hope. Equipment Editor Jim Park got a chance to see how one such system works in a test scenario...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/335440/on-the-spot-zfs-gps-based-autonomous-control-video

The three future Black Swan events that have the potential to turn today’s fleet management paradigm upside down are the advancement of 3D printing,...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/334476/three-black-swan-events-that-threaten-to-change-the-fleet-management-paradigm

Categories: Autonomous Technology, Fleet Management, Global Fleet, Safety, Technology, Vehicle OEM

Volvo's new research agreement with American technology developer Nvidia, is focused on creating a flexible, scalable autonomous driving system to used in...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/334209/volvo-inks-long-term-autonomous-research-agreement-with-invidia