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  • Partnerships play key role in journey to autonomous trucks


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    The journey toward highly autonomous trucks continues, and there seems to be no shortage of paths to get there. When he began researching autonomous vehicles in 2016, he faced comments like “not in our lifetime” from internal staff and OEMs ali...

  • Luck Stone, Caterpillar venturing into the unknown - Pit & Quarry


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    Charlie Luck IV, president and CEO of Luck Stone, says his grandfather, Charles Luck Jr., operated this way after establishing the family company in 1923. Luck’s grandfather ventured into the unknown when he concluded Luck Stone could crush roc...

  • Electric, Autonomous Trucks Hold Promise, Executives Say


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    pic.twitter.com/hq13aC8YnV — Seth Clevenger (@SethClevenger) February 1, 2023He said J.B. Hunt ordered some electric trucks as far back as 2017 that the company still hasn’t received. Harper contrasted the scarcity of charging infrastructure fo...

  • Government backs £81m autonomous bus and truck pilots


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    Government backs £81m autonomous bus and truck pilotsPeter StonhamBus and truck operators and local authorities will be sharing the lead with technology developers in seven new autonomous passenger transport and freight projects in Cambridge, E...

  • Truckers Weigh In On Comfort, Safety, & Autonomous Trucks


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    More younger drivers – 57% – said a late model truck was important than did drivers 35-54 years old – 43% – and drivers older than 55 – 48%. And, those drivers under the age of 34 said that late model trucks ought to look good. Likewise for col...

  • Attorney John Day: Accidents with Big Rigs


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    Attorney John Day: Accidents with Big RigsFeb 09, 2023 at 09:10 am by Producer

  • National labs, Wabtec partner to develop next-gen locomotive engine


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    Rail technology provider Wabtec (NYSE: WAB) and scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Argonne National Laboratory are working together to develop a hybrid locomotive engine that can run on both hy...

  • Volvo invests in Waabi to strengthen autonomous truck offering


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    Volvo Group Venture Capital has invested in the Canadian-founded company Waabi Innovation, which developing “next generation” autonomous trucking technology. “We are impressed by what they have accomplished and see that Volvo Group can add cons...