Autonomous

The crowded field of developers in the autonomous truck space has winnowed during the past year. Those that remain continue to lay the foundation for large-scale industry adoption. 

Autonomous trucking, once regarded as the stuff of science fiction, is gradually moving closer to viability in real-world freight operations after years of investment, development and on-road testing.

Daimler Truck unveiled plans May 8 to begin operating an autonomous, battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia demonstration truck.

DETROIT — Federal highway safety officials want Tesla to tell them how and why it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles equipped with the company’s Autopilot system.

C.H. Robinson says it has launched an artificial intelligence platform that automates responses to email requests from shippers seeking answers to commonplace inquiries.

PHOENIX — The amount of safety technology available to fleets has exploded over the past 20 years, creating a new intersection of safety, technology and regulation.

California legislators have reintroduced a pair of bills regulating autonomous trucks to potentially override a veto in September by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Waabi Innovation opened a terminal in Lancaster, Texas, to serve as the center of the company’s operations in the state, which are at the heart of the self-driving truck specialist’s ambitions.

NEW YORK — Shares of Tesla stock rallied April 29 after CEO Elon Musk paid a surprise visit to Beijing over the weekend and reportedly won tentative approval for its driving software.

During the past four years, supply chain and logistics companies have ridden the highs and lows of a market that included a pandemic and fractured economy to keep goods moving.