https://www.fleetequipmentmag.com/on-the-road-next-steps-autonomous-trucks/
Published: Jun 13, 2024. The next steps for autonomous trucks. Watch on. The industry has been buzzing about autonomous trucking for years, but we've never seen so much concrete proof that this ambitious concept is on the way than we have so far in 2024. In May, Daimler Truck announced an autonomous Freightliner eCascadia technology

https://apnews.com/article/trucks-selfdriving-highways-automation-driver-083409631158f54d806d75309c4764e2
A self-driving tractor trailer maneuvers around a test track in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 14, 2024. The truck, outfitted with 25 laser, radar and camera sensors, is owned by Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation Inc. Late this year, Aurora plans to start hauling freight on Interstate 45 between the Dallas and Houston areas with 20 driverless trucks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzrBkfesQQU
What's next for autonomous trucks, and where do we stand?For answers to these questions, I talked to Andrew Culhane, chief commercial officer at Torc Robotic

https://www.theverge.com/23981006/autonomous-truck-semi-driverless-aurora-kodiak-infrastructure
Aurora Innovation, founded in 2017 by alumni of Uber, Tesla, and Waymo, plans to deploy 20 fully autonomous trucks next year, with an eye on expanding to about 100 trucks in 2025 and eventually

https://www.bcg.com/publications/2022/mapping-the-future-of-autonomous-trucks
Autonomous trucks also hold the potential to solve one of the biggest problems plaguing the trucking industry today—a massive labor shortage. In 2021, the American Trucking Associations estimated that the industry faced a historic shortfall of 80,000 drivers, with expectations that the shortage could exceed 160,000 drivers by 2030 given

https://www.fastcompany.com/90870517/auroras-self-driving-truck-tech-is-one-step-closer-to-hitting-the-road
An autonomous truck can safely do 20 hours. ... And even if Aurora hits its targets for the next steps beyond the feature-complete status it just reached, it's on a long quest. Early optimism

https://www.volvoautonomoussolutions.com/en-en/news/press-releases/2021/oct/volvo-autonomous-solutions-reveals-prototype.html
Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Aurora have achieved the next milestone in their partnership to jointly develop on-highway autonomous trucks in the U.S. A prototype of Volvo Trucks' flagship, long-haul VNL model, integrated with the Aurora Driver technology, was revealed today, representing an important step towards launching fully autonomous Class 8 trucks commercially in North America.

https://www.fleetequipmentmag.com/volvo-answers-questions-about-its-new-autonomous-truck/
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https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/7/1/21308539/self-driving-autonomous-trucks-ups-freight-network
Fully autonomous trucking may be one step closer to reality. ... TuSimple plans to expand its routes in the next four years, starting with the addition of new delivery service throughout the Texas

https://www.fleetequipmentmag.com/volvo-pulls-the-curtain-on-autonomous-truck/
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https://www.truckingdive.com/news/autonomous-trucks-levels-driverless-fleets-transport/586596/
For now, most applications remain in the test phase. The 2017 Pew survey asked respondents when they expected autonomous vehicles to be on the road. Fifty-six percent said in 10 to 49 years, and 9% said in less than 10 years. TuSimple's timeline for deliveries via autonomous trucks is 2024. Courtesy of TuSimple.

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/travel-logistics-and-infrastructure/our-insights/distraction-or-disruption-autonomous-trucks-gain-ground-in-us-logistics
Autonomous trucks will change the cost structure and utilization of trucking—and with that, the cost of consumer goods. With full autonomy, operating costs would decline by about 40 percent, but the big question is how this savings will be distributed. ... The next step is to narrow down to a short list of trends that will happen soonest and

https://www.fleetowner.com/technology/article/21236915/autonomous-trucking-the-benefits-challenges-and-timeline
Autonomous trucking: The benefits, challenges, and timeline. March 23, 2022. Autonomous trucks stand to deliver safer roadways, business gains, and relief on the driver shortage. But their

https://www.ttnews.com/articles/daimler-autonomous-electric
The autonomous program at Daimler Truck will focus on the southwestern U.S. initially, Buttler said, adding that the demonstration truck is the first step toward a zero-emission autonomous vehicle.

https://traton.com/en/newsroom/current-topics/autonomous-driving-trucks-an-efficient-future.html
The road to self-driving trucks. Scania is making the transition to autonomous battery-electric driving with the NXT concept vehicle (Fig. 2). Intended for urban environments, this vehicle also takes a modular approach: the autonomous chassis with electric drive unit can be combined with interchangeable bodies to operate at different times of the day and night, for example as a commuter bus

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240430871422/en/Research-Autonomous-Trucks-Can-Reduce-Emissions-and-Fight-Climate-Change/
Additionally, the white paper explains how the introduction of autonomous trucks into the supply chain can be a longer-term catalyst for accelerated adoption of next-generation powertrains, like

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4118724-uber-picks-aurora-innovation-for-first-autonomous-truck-program
Aurora Innovation (AUR) partners with Uber Freight to launch Premier Autonomy, offering early access to driverless miles for carriers through 2030.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/autonomous-trucking-startup-waabi-raises-200-mln-2024-06-18/
Waabi has raised $200 million in a Series B funding round, led by existing investors Uber Technologies and Khosla Ventures, to support the rollout of its fully autonomous trucks next year, it said

https://www.daimlertruck.com/en/innovation/autonomous-driving/our-path-for-autonomous-trucks
The Autonomous Technology Group. According to Daimler Truck, the next step in the evolution of automated driving in the logistics sector will be autonomous driving as defined by SAE Level 4. The intermediate step at Level 3 would not be worthwhile for logistics customers because the decisive factor for a truck must always be its total cost of

https://www.constructionequipment.com/home/news/10759806/daimler-torc-robotics-push-ahead-on-autonomous-trucks
April 14, 2022. With its independent subsidiary Torc Robotics, Daimler Truck is pushing ahead with the development of autonomous trucking in the United States. As a next step, Torc is now cooperating with leading U.S. logistics companies to further develop the real-world applications for autonomous trucking.

https://electrek.co/2024/06/20/ceo-ford-getting-close-level-3-autonomous-driving-hands-eyes-off/
Autonomous driving remains a hot topic in the world of EV innovation, but much like the 1960s vision of a post-millennium future full of flying cars, true self-driving vehicles are taking much

https://www.axios.com/2024/06/18/self-driving-cars-generative-ai
Driving the news: As AI begins to leap from the digital realm into the physical world, investors are pouring fresh capital into this next phase of AV development — "AV 2.0." Driverless truck company Waabi said today it had raised $200 million in an oversubscribed Series B round led by Uber and Khosla Ventures.

https://www.fleetequipmentmag.com/autonomous-trucks-change-operations/
One of the biggest takeaways is: This is a production-ready autonomous truck. Talking with Sasko Cuklev, head of on-road solutions for Volvo Autonomous Solutions, it was clear that introduction of autonomous trucks necessitates a reevaluation of many standard practices within the trucking industry, including hours of service and delivery scheduling.

https://www.techopedia.com/news/uber-and-aurora-strike-long-term-driverless-truck-deal
Uber Freight and Aurora have announced a "long-term" driverless truck deal following a three-year-old commercial pilot.. Uber Freight, launched in 2017, works similarly to its ride-hailing app, only connecting truck drivers with shippers. Aurora, a self-driving vehicle technology company based in PA and founded by former Uber, Google, and Tesla executives, plans to deploy 20 fully

https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2024/06/25/781037.htm
Aurora, which was founded by former Uber, Tesla and Google self-driving program executives, has said that autonomous trucks could reduce high driver turnover rates, offer 24/7 deliveries, cut fuel

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435896-driverless-cars-are-mostly-safer-than-humans-but-worse-at-turns/
"I think it is an interesting but extremely preliminary step towards measuring autonomous vehicle safety," says Missy Cummings at George Mason University in Virginia. She described the numbers

https://www.t-mobile.com/business/resources/articles/last-mile-logistics
For example, Clevon's autonomous delivery vehicles drive on public roads and are helping to make the last mile of the supply chain more energy-efficient, cost-effective, and scalable. The company performed its first U.S. autonomous delivery³ in December using CLEVON 1, a multi-platform all-electric robot courier.

https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3252570/chinese-autonomous-driving-tech-provider-westwell-invest-hk300-million-attract-research-talent-new
Westwell, a Chinese developer of AI chips for autonomous vehicles, plans to invest HK$300 million (US$39.36 million) in the next five years to attract global talent to its new international HQ in

https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/06/23/how-to-get-more-out-of-your-meetings-while-making-them-more-inclusive/
Conclude With Next Steps Sharing an agenda in advance of the meeting and starting the meeting with its purpose is a fairly routine and well-known task, yet the end of the meeting is just as important.

https://www.nokia.com/blog/harnessing-the-power-of-ai-in-autonomous-ran-operations/
It defines six levels of automation, with level 0 being fully manual and level 5 fully autonomous. The extent of human intervention and autonomous AI-driven operations are important in evaluating the network autonomy level. I'm very proud that our Cognitive SON can reach TM Forum's level 4 already today.