First Freightliner eCascadia battery electric trucks headed to customers
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) has built the first two Class 8 battery electric Freightliner eCascadias for customers at its research and development center in Portland.
Volvo Trucks collaborates on trucking automation safety project
This project leverages human intuition artificial intelligence that reads the intention and awareness of vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorists, Volvo says.
Seeing the Solution: Volvo Trucks North America President Peter Voorhoeve is focused on producing the right tool for the job
The former head of Volvo Group Australia, Peter Voorhoeve, was named Volvo Trucks North America President last September, and he was thrown into an industry where today’s talking points include electric trucks and automated driver assistance systems that will lead to higher levels of self-driving technology.
Actively reducing risk: Taking stock of the safety systems available for medium-duty trucks
In medium-duty commercial operations, safety systems are becoming more important and prevalent as fleets seek to reduce the risk of their trucks being involved in accidents, to improve the safety of drivers and to potentially lower insurance costs.
Volvo partners with Nvidia to develop AI for autonomous trucks
The Volvo Group has signed an agreement with Nvidia to jointly develop the decision-making system of autonomous commercial vehicles and machines.
Volvo Trucks integrates autonomous transport system into logistics company
The purpose of the collaboration is to implement Vera in a real application, enabling a connected system for a continuous flow of goods, from a DFDS’ logistics centre to an APM Terminals port facility in Gothenburg, for distribution across the world, Volvo says.
Daimler Trucks establishes global Autonomous Technology Group
Daimler Trucks is establishing the Autonomous Technology Group as a global organization for automated driving as of June 1.
Self driven: Dr. Wilfried Achenbach leads DTNA’s engineers into the automated unknown
Dr. Wilfried Achenbach has a unique perspective on developing advanced safety systems. But it’s not the one you might expect from Daimler Trucks North America’s senior vice president of engineering and technology.
Self driven: Failing safe in the automated unknown
What happens if something goes wrong, if there’s software or component failure for a Level 4 automated truck? It’s one of the first questions that the Daimler Trucks team approaches, as it’s paramount to safety.
Meritor contracted to supply all-electric drivetrain system for 38 terminal trucks
Meritor has been contracted to supply all-electric drivetrain systems under its Blue Horizon technology brand for 38 terminal tractors for use at Port of Long Beach and the Port of Oakland, California.
