Truck Locator Autonomous Trucks Blog Archive

Testing of the autonomous S-Way will Expand to Austria, Italy, and Switzerland in the coming months. ...

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

"Automated driving is an important component in making urban mobility fit for the future," says Man Truck & Bus @City Project Manager, Walter Schwertberger. ...

The autonomous trucks, which have people behind the wheel monitoring their performance, can now travel from Scania HQ to their end destination. ...

The project’s goal is to demonstrate and analyse the operation of autonomous trucks on German motorways and highways. ...

The 46-month project, co-funded by the EU, has demonstrated that platooning could play a key role in achieving sustainable transport. ...

The programme will begin the validation and integration of Plus’ autonomous trucking technology with IVECO’s latest-generation S-WAY heavy-duty truck. ...

The C-Roads Italy infrastructure in the Brenner Motorway provided the perfect backdrop for testing vehicle-passenger cooperation. ...

After the development and implementation phase, the software and an autonomous MAN truck—with a safety driver on board—will begin testing in real-world operations in Ulm. ...

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 PRoPART project combines data from a truck’s own onboard sensors and cameras with that from other vehicles and from nearby infrastructure to create a more complete picture of the driving environment. ...

Scania is forming a partnership with Ahola Transport to test truck platooning technology approximately 300 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle in Norway. ...

The Japanese government has confirmed that it is pushing ahead with plans to make self-driving trucks, buses and vehicles of all sizes available in time for the 2020 Olympics ...

Volvo has been spearheading a campaign to bring self-driving trucks to a variety of industries, with its latest test run of autonomous HGVs taking place on Brazilian fields during the harvesting of the sugar cane crop, according to Market Watch... ...

Autonomous trucks are set to dramatically change the transport landscape, and while their use in long-haul operations is being prioritised through the development of platooning systems by a number of manufacturers, their use in urban environments is also being considered... ...

As autonomous trucks loom on the horizon, the promise of an age of increasingly efficient and safe transport is becoming a reality... ...

Platooning technology is set to change the way HGVs operate on public roads, with autonomous trucks working together in order to cut costs and improve fuel efficiency... ...

The future of haulage may well lie with self-driving trucks, although until earlier this month the use of autonomous HGVs was largely theoretical rather than a practical reality... ...

This month has seen the first self-driving truck from Volvo begin testing at the Kristineberg Mine in Sweden, putting the autonomous technology developed by the firm under the microscope in a real-world environment where it will be operating alongside other vehicles and employees... ...

With most major truck manufacturers, including Mercedes-Benz and Scania, working on self-driving truck technology, it could be assumed that one of the better-known brands will be amongst the first to enter the marketplace with a truly autonomous commercial vehicle... ...

Connectivity is becoming increasingly important in the world of trucks, especially since autonomous vehicles are expected to emerge in the next few years that will require super-fast network access in order to ensure that all of their systems operate effectively... ...

Self-driving trucks are receiving major investment from almost every manufacturer on the planet at the moment... ...

Later this month the first autonomous truck demonstration from Volvo will take place, with the intention being to showcase the technology that the company has developed to enable self-driving vehicles to enter service in the mining industry, according to the Construction Index... ...