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News · Sep 26, 2019

Tech company petitions FMCSA to allow camera systems to replace mirrors on trucks

Story by: Matt Cole Another technology company that manufactures mirrorless rearview camera systems for trucks is petitioning the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to allow its system to be used on trucks in the United States. According to Matt Cole and his article in the overdriveonline.com Vision Systems North America (VSNA) is asking FMCSA to allow carriers to operate trucks equipped with its Smart-Vision high-definition camera monitoring system as an alternative to the two rearview

News · Sep 23, 2019

Lawsuit sheds light on aborted Omnitracs deal, shows that telematics provider may be in troubles

Story by: John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor A federal lawsuit filed last week in the Central District of California against Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm with more than $50 billion of assets under management, alleged that Omnitracs, a leading telematics provider for the transportation and logistics industry, is in dire financial straits. Dr. Kurt Lauk, a former board member of Solera, which is owned by Vista, characterized Omnitracs as “failing,” writing that Vista “overpaid”

News · Sep 23, 2019

Safety and autonomous trucking drive new standards for tractor-trailer hookups

Story by: Alan Adler Smaller gaps between truck and trailer help fuel economy but raise the difficulty of drop-and-hook operations As the gaps between tractors and trailers shrink through aerodynamic design, making connections safer is only one concern for standards-writing engineers who must account for autonomous trucking in the near future. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) is developing new standards for hookups that tackle two contentious issues: tractor-trailer interconnection that

News · Sep 23, 2019

Drivers shouldn't fear that autonomous trucks will replace them, tech developers say-at least for now

Story by: James Jaillet Speaking last week at the FTR Transportation Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, representatives from three autonomous truck tech developers sought to quell fears about their technology displacing drivers’ jobs. Instead, they offered a rosy outlook for the technology, in which autonomous trucks don’t displace drivers but alter the job to boost home time, reduce the grind of spending hours behind the wheel and increase the industry’s efficiency. “We see this partnership b

News · Sep 22, 2019

FedEx and Walgreens to begin drone deliveries in Virginia

AUTHOR Morgan Forde@morgan_forde_ Story by: SupplyChainDive.com Alphabet subsidiary Wing Aviation has partnered with FedEx and Walgreens to begin commercial drone deliveries of select items to customers in Christiansburg, Virginia, next month (an exact date has yet to be released), according to a blog post. The drones will primarily carry food, healthcare, wellness-related and convenience products, according to FedEx. Consumers can opt-in to a waitlist to receive packages by drone, but FedEx did