Johan Selven, vice president of sales and marketing at Volvo Trucks International, speaks to The Korea Herald in an interview in Seoul on Wednesday.\n(Volvo Trucks Korea)Moving toward autonomous driving, Volvo Trucks is developing the technology to offer the best truck-driving experience to draw in young drivers and female drivers, while investing into its driver environment.\nThe EV truck can be charged up to 80 percent in 1 1/2 hours by rapid charger.\nVolvo Trucks Korea aims to obtain the government's approval to deliver the EV trucks before the end of this year.\nVolvo Trucks has sold over 4,300 EV trucks in more than 38 countries since the company began the mass production of medium-sized EV trucks in 2019.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"TA Hires Executive Chef To Revamp Menu Offerings","slug":"ta-hires-executive-chef-to-revamp-menu-offerings","publishDate":"2023-03-20 02:20:56+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-20 14:30:38.741688","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Chef Maira Isabel has been hired by TravelCenters of America Inc. (TA) to reinvent food offerings at the company’s stores, including TA, Petro Stopping Centers and TA Express locations across the nation.\nHer career has spanned TV, print and online publications, including the Cooking Network, Travel Channel and Food & Beverage Magazine.\n“In addition to proprietary brands Country Pride and Iron Skillet, TA launched Fork & Compass in January 2023 in Perrysburg, Ohio.\nFork & Compass is designed to be an attractive option for all travelers and a destination spot for the community, with unique food options in a casual, comfortable, family-friendly atmosphere.\nTA also to expand beyond these menu offerings by working with Cleveland Clinic to identify healthy snack and grab-and-go food options in its travel stores, according to the news release.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Artificial Intelligence isn’t about to make us all jobless just yet – NRTA","slug":"artificial-intelligence-isnt-about-to-make-us-all-jobless-just-yet-nrta","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-20 14:30:37.063900","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Artificial Intelligence – that’s AI for short – is the technology that enables machines (such as robots and computers) to think and act like humans.\nI asked it to write my column for this month and started by asking about Deals on Wheels:When it comes to trucking, safety is a top priority.\nFor starters, we always look for the best deals on trucks, parts, and accessories.\nThe Automated Vehicle Safety Law is due in 2026 and is expected to lay out national standards for autonomous vehicles.\nAmerican researchers at two universities have been assessing the impact of autonomous trucking on operator hours.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Watch: Four Industry Disrupters Impacting Logistics","slug":"watch-four-industry-disrupters-impacting-logistics","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-20 14:30:31.968585","feedName":"Autonomous Trucks","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Karen Jones, executive vice president and chief marketing officer with Ryder, covers four big issues in the logistics arena: advanced vehicle technology, accelerating demand for e-commerce, asset-sharing for commercial vehicles, and digital technologies.\nAdvanced vehicle technology covers a multitude of applications, including electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles and other tools for achieving sustainability goals.\n“The world is changing quite quickly with electric,” says Jones.\nAccelerated demand for e-commerce is a given in the omnichannel retail world, Jones says, adding that the trend shows no signs of slowing anytime soon.\nNow, says Jones, “the technology is coming out of the back of the house to the front of the house.”
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"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Mars rovers could use a Hansel and Gretel-inspired trick to explore caves on the red planet: study","slug":"mars-rovers-could-use-a-hansel-and-gretel-inspired-trick-to-explore-caves-on-the-red-planet-study","publishDate":"2023-03-18 18:39:39-04:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-19 14:32:44.327465","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Their approach involves a communication network that would link different types of rover vehicles through a \"mesh topology network.\"\nIn one mode, a mother rover passively receives data transmitted by rovers as they explore Martian caves and lava tubes.\nIn the other, the mother rover acts as the orchestrator, telling the rovers' where to go.\nBoth modes should allow a team of rovers to navigate underground environments without ever losing contact with their \"mother rover\" on the surface.\n\"The communication network approach introduced in this new paper has the potential to herald a new age of planetary and astrobiological discoveries,\" Schulze-Makuch said in a media release.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Beijing greenlights operation of unmanned self-driving vehicles","slug":"beijing-greenlights-operation-of-unmanned-self-driving-vehicles","publishDate":"2023-03-19 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-19 14:32:42.604791","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"An autonomous driving vehicle conducts a test run in Beijing.\n[Photo/Xinhua]BEIJING -- Beijing greenlighted the commercial operation of autonomous driving service without in-car safety supervisors for the first time on Friday.\nThe pilot program involved the unmanned autonomous vehicles' ability to deal with complex scenarios such as intersections, narrow roadways, as well as extreme weather conditions like rain, snow and sandstorms.\nPreviously, safety supervisors were required to stay in the driver's seats, passenger seats or second-row seats when the vehicles underwent road tests and commercial operation.\nThe permit allows Baidu and Pony.ai to provide fully driverless rides without a safety supervisor aboard in a 60-square-kilometer area of the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area.
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