H.E.L.P. DeliverSAFETM significantly increases the visibility of disabled or shouldered vehicles on the roadside; ideal for long-haul and local delivery vehicles Indeca trucks transport crude oil in the Permian Basin area near Midland, Texas Program represents the first commercial truck application for Emergency Safety Solutions HOUSTON, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Emergency Safety Solutions (ESS)… Continue reading Indeca Crude Xpress Adds New H.E.L.P. DeliverSAFE™ Intelligent Emergency Communications Solution to its Truck Fleet
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Waymo, Aurora, Uber, and others urge California to lift its ban on heavy-duty self-driving trucks
California is at risk of losing its “competitive edge” if it doesn’t lift a ban on the operation of autonomous semitrailer trucks on public roads, a group of 35 industry leaders said in an open letter to Governor Gavin Newsom. The letter is signed by a cross section of autonomous vehicle companies, delivery and logistics… Continue reading Waymo, Aurora, Uber, and others urge California to lift its ban on heavy-duty self-driving trucks
Indeca Crude Xpress Adds New H.E.L.P. DeliverSAFETM Intelligent Emergency Communications Solution to its Truck Fleet
H.E.L.P. DeliverSAFETM significantly increases the visibility of disabled or shouldered vehicles on the roadside; ideal for long-haul and local delivery vehicles Indeca trucks transport crude oil in the Permian Basin area near Midland, Texas Program represents the first commercial truck application for Emergency Safety Solutions HOUSTON, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Emergency Safety Solutions (ESS)… Continue reading Indeca Crude Xpress Adds New H.E.L.P. DeliverSAFETM Intelligent Emergency Communications Solution to its Truck Fleet
Waymo’s self-driving trucks will deliver home goods for Wayfair
Waymo will deliver home goods for Wayfair using its fleet of autonomous semi-trailer trucks, the company announced Tuesday. The deliveries will take place as part of a pilot that’s being conducted by Waymo and JB Hunt Transport Services to test out self-driving trucks along certain shipping routes in Texas. One of JB Hunt’s customers is… Continue reading Waymo’s self-driving trucks will deliver home goods for Wayfair
Waymo, UPS, others pressure Gov. Newsom to allow autonomous trucking in California
Waymo, Aurora, UPS and Luminar are among a group of 34 autonomous vehicle developers, California business organizations, and automotive and logistics companies that have signed an open letter to Governor Gavin Newsom asking him to revisit the California Department of Motor Vehicles’s 2015 prohibition on the operation of autonomous trucks in the state. California began… Continue reading Waymo, UPS, others pressure Gov. Newsom to allow autonomous trucking in California
Autonomous trucks on US highways by 2023
Autonomous trucks could be on Texas highways by 2023. The US state Texas wants to take a leadership role within the US for the deployment of autonomous driving. Therefore, the state took legal and administrative general conditions. A few gaps were left in the legal regulation. So could now autonomous trucks be on the highways… Continue reading Autonomous trucks on US highways by 2023
Cruise’s San Francisco robotaxis seize initiative in race for autonomy
Since Google launched its self-driving car project in 2009, it has been leading the way towards a new age of autonomous transport that could reshape cities and, one day, deal a death blow to car ownership. But, in San Francisco, close to its headquarters, the tech giant has found itself overtaken by Cruise — a… Continue reading Cruise’s San Francisco robotaxis seize initiative in race for autonomy
Waymo at CVPR 2022: A hub for real-world innovation and groundbreaking research
Waymo is proud to host and participate in multiple sessions at the 49th Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) next week. We will present some of our recent state-of-the-art work in autonomous driving research—one of the most complex and practical applications of computer vision. Last year alone, Waymo-affiliated researchers published 14 papers—and this… Continue reading Waymo at CVPR 2022: A hub for real-world innovation and groundbreaking research
Self-driving cars crash, too, but figuring out what it means requires much better data
This week, for the first time ever, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released data on crashes involving cars equipped with advanced driver-assist systems and automated driving technology. A lot of headlines — including The Verge’s — focused on the number of Tesla vehicles that crashed, which is understandable because Tesla had a lot of… Continue reading Self-driving cars crash, too, but figuring out what it means requires much better data
Tesla Autopilot tops the list of most crashes on driver-assist features in new NHTSA report
Tesla has topped the list of most crashes on advanced driver-assist (ADAS) features – Autopilot in Tesla’s case – in NHTSA’s first report on “Safety Performance of Advanced Vehicle Technologies.” Dr. Steven Cliff, NHTSA’s Administrator, commented on the report: The data released today are part of our commitment to transparency, accountability and public safety. New… Continue reading Tesla Autopilot tops the list of most crashes on driver-assist features in new NHTSA report