Autonomous trucking technology takes center stage at the Manifest conference in Las Vegas, with companies like Torc Robotics and Bot Auto showcasing their driverless operations plans. With a timeline from 2025 to 2027, the technology has matured, but the focus now shifts to commercializing it. Safety innovations, such as redundancy systems, are highlighted particularly for autonomous trucks operating at higher speeds on highways.
Covenant Logistics and industry experts discuss the potential hurdles and benefits of adopting autonomous trucks, including cost comparisons, lane adaptations, maintenance issues, and liability considerations. Xiaodi Hou of Bot Auto emphasizes the need for companies to adjust their strategies to accommodate the total cost of ownership for autonomous trucks. The role of autonomous yard and terminal trucks is also discussed, with predictions that adoption may happen faster in drayage, terminals, and yard operations.
In other news, Platform Science completes the acquisition of Trimble’s global transportation telematics business units, with the aim of providing customers with application solutions without the need for hardware changes. This move is expected to boost growth for both Trimble’s retained business units and Platform Science’s open, connected vehicle application platform.
Additionally, Pando launches AI Teams for Logistics, offering AI agents to automate freight processes, and HERE Technologies and project44 announce an extension to their partnership to enhance multimodal transportation visibility. Overall, the future of autonomous trucking and integrated technologies in the transportation industry is gaining momentum and evolving rapidly.
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