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AUTOPILOTING TRUCKS * Japan - Australia
* Japan - Self-driving trucks tested in
Tokyo,Japan -Global Logistics Media (Germany) -4 July 2014: -- As companies look to reduce costs and increase efficiencies, a government funded company in Japan his making headway in developing selft-driving trucks... New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has programmed a convoy of four trucks to drive just four meters apart and in doing so the trucks cut down on air resistance, reducing drag similar to drafting with a race car... It is estimated fuel savings of about 15%... The four-truck convoy uses one human-driven lead truck and three computer-controlled vehicles following it. The NEDO's system allows the following three trucks to drive completely autonomously, without a human guiding them...
* West Australia - Trucks mining on autopilot
Perth,WA, Australia -Financial Times (UK), by James Wilson -July 3, 2014: -- Some of the most advanced applications of autonomous trucks are in the mining industry. From an operations centre in Perth, Australia, staff of Rio Tinto oversee the progress of dozens of autonomous trucks beetling through the vast iron ore mines of the Pilbara region, 1,500km away... The advantages of autonomy for miners are multiple. One is safety. The more people that can be taken out of the dangerous mining environment the better, companies say... Another is cost. Truck drivers cost substantial amounts of money: salaries in the Pilbara soared to A$200,000 during the mining boom as labour became scarce. The remoteness of the “fly-in, fly out” mines adds to labour costs...
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