Deutsche Post AG will stop producing its electric delivery vehicle called StreetScooter, bringing to an end a much-hyped venture that was once seen as a possible disrupter to conventional van makers such as Volkswagen AG and Daimler AG.
February 28, 2020Autonomous
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Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Autonomous, Top 50
An electric cable charges a StreetScooter outside the Ford factory in Cologne, Germany. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)
Deutsche Post Scraps Its Electric Delivery Van Built With Ford
An electric cable charges a StreetScooter outside the Ford factory in Cologne, Germany. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)
TT Podcasts: RoadSigns
Check out the latest podcast episode of our RoadSigns programs, What Did CES 2020 Reveal About the Future of Trucking? Check back here often as new content is always being added!
Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous
An Einride vehicle. (Einride)
Einride to Hire Autonomous Truck Operators in Sweden, US
An Einride vehicle. (Einride)
Swedish technology company Einride on Feb. 27 announced plans to hire two autonomous truck operators over the next year.
February 27, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous, TCA
Kyle Vogt, founder, president and CTO for Cruise Automation Inc., holds an articulating radar while speaking at a Cruise reveal event in San Francisco on Jan. 21. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
California OKs Passengers for GM’s Cruise Autonomous Vehicle Test
Kyle Vogt, founder, president and CTO for Cruise Automation Inc., holds an articulating radar while speaking at a Cruise reveal event in San Francisco on Jan. 21. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
Cruise, the autonomous-vehicle unit of General Motors Co., has been cleared to carry passengers in California.
February 27, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous
Chris Lee, vice president of engineering at Great Dane Trailers by John Sommers II for Transport Topics
Connected Vehicle Experts Discuss OEM Role, Safety
Chris Lee, vice president of engineering at Great Dane Trailers by John Sommers II for Transport Topics
ATLANTA — Original equipment manufacturers have an important role to play in the adoption of connected vehicle technology, according to Chris Lee, vice president of engineering at Great Dane Trailers.
February 27, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous, Editorial
Editorial: TMC Theme Was New Tech, Skilled Professionals Are Propelling Trucking Forward
While new technology is driving trucking forward, the industry still needs the expertise of service professionals to keep tomorrow’s equipment running smoothly.
February 27, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Autonomous
A Waymo Chrysler Pacifica vehicle by Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg News
New Autonomous Mileage Reports Are Out, but Is the Data Meaningful?
A Waymo Chrysler Pacifica vehicle by Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg News
Alphabet’s Waymo and General Motors-backed Cruise saw their autonomous vehicles require less help from human drivers on California’s public roads in 2019.
February 26, 2020
Business, Technology, Autonomous
Jae C. Hong/AP
Panasonic Scraps Solar Panels Partnership With Tesla
Jae C. Hong/AP
TOKYO — Panasonic is pulling out of its partnership with Tesla to produce solar panels at a factory in New York state, the Japanese electronics maker said Feb. 26.
February 26, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Autonomous
Whitmer via Al Goldis/Associated Press
Michigan Governor Signs Orders to Advance Mobility
Whitmer via Al Goldis/Associated Press
DETROIT — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed executive orders Feb. 25 to create a council on future mobility and electrification, establish the Michigan Office of Future Mobility and to appoint a chief mobility officer.
February 26, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Autonomous
NTSB board hearing on Feb. 25, 2020 via ntsb.windrosemedia.com
NTSB Critical of Tesla, Apple in Probe of 2018 Crash
NTSB board hearing on Feb. 25, 2020 via ntsb.windrosemedia.com
The 2018 fatal crash of a Tesla Inc. SUV, in which an Apple Inc. employee was playing a game on his company-issued phone and the car veered into a divider, highlights the “misuses of technology,” a U.S. investigator said Feb. 25.
February 25, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics, Autonomous
Automated and Electric Concerns at 2020 TMC
Transport Topics Features Editor Seth Clevenger recaps a three-part 2020 TMC work session on automated and electric vehicles, as well as platooning strategies.
February 24, 2020Pages
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