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  • Volvo I-Torque powertrain wins tech achievement award


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    The I-Torque powertrain produced by Volvo Trucks has been singled out for its technical achievement by a group of trucking industry journalists. The North American Truck Writers, a committee of transportation and logistics reporters and editors...

  • An autonomous mining roadmap for De Beers’ Venetia Underground


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    De Beers has devised an autonomous mining roadmap for its Venetia Underground Mine (VUG) that will – once fully implemented – result in the new $2 billion mine becoming one of the most mechanised and automated mining operations in the world. Ac...

  • A view of future trucks, from a dozen years ago


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    (Photo: istock)“There will be routes between 2020 to 2025… that will be designed to be fully autonomous. “When I consider this autonomous, global economy a critical part of it is going to be driverless trucks,” said Canton. 3D printing and truc...

  • TuSimple Cleared by FMCSA Over 2022 Arizona Incident


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    A TuSimple truck in traffic. The company says it faces no penalties from FMCSA for an incident in Arizona when one of its trucks struck a concrete barrier on Interstate 10. Autonomous driving technology company TuSimple said it has been cleared...

  • 3 new and emerging jobs you can get hired for this year


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  • Feds close probe into TuSimple autonomous truck crash


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    The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has closed its investigation into a heavily publicized crash of a TuSimple autonomous truck. A driver-supervised autonomous truck took an unintended sharp left turn across a lane of westbound traf...

  • Americans are all saying the same thing about ‘Tesla-killing’ autonomous cars as they reveal thei...


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    A NEW AAA survey has revealed that 68 percent of people are scared of self-driving vehicles, up 13 percent from last year. Over-reliance on autonomous (self-driving) technology and driverless accident reports were highlighted as prime factors c...

  • Uber Freight partners with WattEV, CHEP on Southern California routes


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    Please let us know if you have feedbackUber Freight has partnered with WattEV and CHEP on a joint deployment of electric trucks on routes in Southern California, the companies announced last week. The pilot program is the freight forwarder’s in...