Automated Fleets

The new project, aimed at bringing automated terminal tractors to series production, adds to Fernride’s work with HHLA Next for highly automated and electric container logistics, both aimed at using autonomous driving and teleoperated technology within live operations.

U.S. self-driving trucking company Plus and Italian vehicle maker Iveco are starting public road testing of their jointly developed highly automated trucks in Germany, with plans to expand tests to Austria, Italy and Switzerland in coming months.

Its CAVstar automated driving systems for two UK-funded test projects, with one for an HVS-led effort to deliver a world-first, autonomous hydrogen-electric heavy good vehicle for the UK market, and the other looks at accelerating autonomous bus development complex traffic flows in Scotland.

Just after the company showed its Waabi Driver-controlled autonomous truck for the first time, Volvo Group Venture Capital made a strategic investment in the company, joining other investors including Khosla Ventures, Uber, Radical Ventures, 8VC, OMERS Ventures, and BDC that believe in its approach.

The autonomous mover from the new Benteler vehicle brand, which had its world premiere at CES 2023, combines sustainability, inclusion, comfort, and safety with help from Pininfarina, Mobileye, Cognizant Mobility, and Beep, with a U.S. production start planned for the end of 2025. 

From its first client, a bakery, Faction aims to expand into other metro areas this year.

New AI-driven technology helps autonomous trucks perform key cargo yard operation.

Celebrating its 55th anniversary at CES 2023, Italdesign unveiled the Climb-E, for which the design house was responsible for horizontal mobility, partners Schindler for vertical mobility and Politecnico di Torino for architectural integration, and the mobility concept featuring Easyrain’s safety-system technologies.

The new advance helps Waymo determine weather conditions close to its autonomous vehicles to guide and improve performance.

At its November Release event, the company showcased its Gen 2 autonomous electric truck, the Grids concept tailored to regional use cases, and mass charging Stations that will be rolled out in multiple markets starting in LA in 2023.