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Tritium expanding fast charging faster
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Human in the loop autonomous teleoperations
2019-10-02
Human in the loop autonomous teleoperations Tsurankou Qibus Tiwari Starsky Robotics
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Akasol commercial-vehicle batteries
2019-10-02
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Truck OEMs focus on customer, telematics for fleets
2019-10-01
With a customer-focused strategy and aftersales division, Navistar International’s Vision 2025 is a fresh, collaborative effort to further enhance service operations.
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CNH separates on-/off-highway businesses, invests big in Nikola
2019-09-24
CNH Industrial is separating its On-Highway (commercial vehicles and powertrain) and Off-Highway (agriculture, construction and specialty vehicles) segments into two listed entities, as part of its new five-year 2020-2024 business plan. The manufacturer also announced that it’s taking a $250 million strategic stake in Nikola as the lead Series D investor.
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Transmissions, axles aid in fuel conservation for commercial vehicles
2019-09-16
Intelligent transmission controls are communicating with engines to improve efficiency, while some of the engine’s workload is being shifted to electrified axles.
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Electric machines find their niche
2019-09-12
Smaller machines working in cities are particularly ripe for electrification, but most off-highway applications will retain the internal combustion engine.
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Protecting a cyber-physical remote diagnostic communication system against cyberattacks
2019-09-05
The wireless and remote connection between a diagnostic tester and a fleet of vehicles can be considered a technical masterpiece, but only if new challenges such as closing security gaps are mastered.
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Big data, big benefits for big machines
2019-09-03
Data mining helps users and equipment developers use data from on-vehicle sensors to work more efficiently.
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Data connectivity in harsh vehicle environments
2019-08-29
Ensuring high-speed data transmission requires OEM designers to think more about components, placement and the impact of environmental conditions early in design.
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Texas A&M deploys remote, human-in-the-loop "safety net" for self-driving shuttles
2019-08-28
Texas A&M University is putting a human behind the wheel of its autonomous shuttle fleet with a partnership with Designated Driver, a teleoperation technology company and provides remote human guidance to autonomous vehicles. The first use case: overriding the shuttles’ autonomy at four-way intersections.
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Virtual factories accelerate collaboration, advance technologies
2019-08-26
The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM), a non-profit consortium based in Prince George County, Virginia, uses a 3D visualization lab to expand beyond the walls of its 62,000-square-foot brick and mortar facility and deliver a collaborative development for researchers in industry, academia, and government.
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Beep and Bestmile partner on self-driving fleets in Florida
2019-08-19
Beep Inc., an automated vehicle (AV) distributor based in Orlando, Florida, is partnering with Bestmile SA – a developer of fleet orchestration software. Through the collaboration, Beep will use Bestmile’s software to manage and monitor autonomous shuttle fleets that it sells to fleet owners who operate in low speed environments across the public and private sector.
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Renewable propane, ultra-low NOx engines set standards for propane autogas innovations
2019-08-16
With more than 200,000 propane autogas vehicles on the road in the U.S., fleets of all types and sizes are making the switch to this alternative fuel.
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Rancho Cordova business park hosts self-driving Olli shuttle
2019-08-12
Olli – Phoenix-based Local Motors’ self-driving shuttle – is currently in use at a major business park in Rancho Cordova, California for its first business use pilot program. According to Local Motors, the 12-passenger autonomous vehicle is the world's first to be co-created at distributed microfactories using additive manufacturing (also known as 3D printing) techniques.
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Link digital suspension uses sensors, ECU to keep cabs stable
2019-08-09
Link Manufacturing is beefing up its usage of digital technologies with an upgraded Cabmate, unveiling a cab suspension system that smooths the ride for both drivers and those in sleepers.
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Kodiak Robotics begins deliveries using self-driving long-haul trucks
2019-08-07
Kodiak Robotics, Inc. has begun making commercial truck deliveries in Texas using its new self-driving long-haul truck platform with safety drivers behind the wheel. The Mountain View, California-based self-driving technology startup is just 16 months old.
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Ford 2020 7.3-L V8
2019-08-04
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Q&A: Peloton CEO talks Level 4 ‘automated following’
2019-08-02
Josh Switkes believes Peloton's SAE Level 4 platooning system will obviate many of the technical challenges facing “standalone” (i.e., single vehicle) L4 systems and therefore hit the market sooner.
