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Oct 10, 2016

AUTOMATED TRUCKS & TRUCKERS * USA: Prognosis

* Virginia - Future seen for US automated trucks — and truck drivers
--- The new president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations believes autonomous vehicles, including trucks, are closer to rolling onto US highways than widely imagined... Highly automated vehicle technology pioneered by Hyundai and other automakers is rapidly evolving and moving off the drawing board and onto the streets of cities such as Pittsburgh, where ride-sharing giant Uber launched an autonomous taxi service in September... Autonomous cars and trucks could dramatically improve safety and reduce congestion that Spear said costs trucking firms nearly $50 billion a year. But the goal should be a more efficient and safer truck, not a driverless truck, he said...
 (Photo: Some say it won't be long before truck drivers can safely take their hands off the wheel) -- Arlington, VA, USA - JOC, by William B. Cassidy - Oct 04, 2016

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Sep 15, 2016

AUTOMATIZATION: TRUCKS / WAREHOUSES / ETC * USA: Changes in the industry

* California - Automated trucks, warehouses seen transforming distribution


--- When the future of driverless or autonomous trucks is discussed, the focus tends to fall on the technology, their effect on drivers, or how they would share highways with motorists, and rarely on their impact on warehousing and industrial distribution networks... Autonomous trucks are coming, and they will change how warehouses, receiving docks and logistics parks are designed, a report from industrial real estates services firm CBRE Group says...
(Photo: Automated warehouses like the one pictured could become more common as autonomous vehicles come into wider use) -- Los Ángeles, CAL, USA -   - JOC, by William B. Cassidy - Sep 14, 2016

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Jul 12, 2016

STUDY: TRUCKS' AUTOMATION * UK

* England - Roland Berger: Truck automation may stall on early business case

--- The logistics of moving goods about with trucks may be open to a stepwise evolution towards full automation. The prospect of full automation, in which drivers are no longer required, is tantalising to the trucking industry owners whose major costs – outside capex – are fuel and drivers. Yet intervening stages come with significant investment costs and legal issues, which may put off rapid evolution in the market from the side of fleet operators and OEMs... In a new report from Roland Berger’s Americas Commercial Vehicle practice, titled ‘Automated Trucks: The next big disruptor in the automotive industry?’, the consultancy considers the effect of different levels of automation on the trucking industry, as well as the key drivers holding off, and urging, market evolution... * Conclusion: The payback period is relatively slow for two of the scenarios in which trucks are active, and given how far off full automation the technology is (15+ years), the pull for development of the technology is expected to be slow from both fleet operators and OEMs. OEMs are concerned about legal conditions surrounding the technology, while some OEMs may baulk at the costs. Yet, besides cost benefits to fleet operators and the legalese surrounding on road regulation, the technology also has the capacity to significantly improve safety on the road...  
 London, EN, UK - Consultancy.uk, by Stephan Keese - 7 July 2016

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Sep 2, 2015

AUTOMATED TRUCKS * USA: Lockheed Martin invests in Peloton Technology and commercializing Truck Platooning

* California - Lockheed Martin joins seven other Fortune Global 500 companies investing in Peloton and commercializing truck automation

-- Peloton Technology, a developer of vehicle systems that deliver advanced safety, fuel savings and analytics to trucking fleets, today announced an investment agreement with Lockheed Martin to accelerate Peloton’s development and deployment of truck-platooning technology for the U.S.A. and international trucking industries... The Peloton Truck Platooning System is a vehicle automation technology that has the potential to save lives and save fuel in today’s trucking operations. The System electronically couples pairs of trucks through a combination of vehicle-to-vehicle communications, radar-based active braking systems and proprietary vehicle-control algorithms. The system improves safety and allows trucks to travel at closer distances, which improves aerodynamics and reduces fuel use... Lockheed Martin joins a $17 million investment round co-led by DENSO International America and Intel Capital... 
Mountain View , CAL, USA - Business Wire - August 31, 2015

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