Author: Seth Clevenger

As artificial intelligence grows more sophisticated and becomes increasingly accessible to businesses of all types, it will usher in significant changes across a broad spectrum of industries, including freight transportation.

Self-driving truck startups ­TuSimple and Ike announced new funding in February to fuel the continued development of their automated driving systems for commercial vehicles.<

Self-driving truck startups ­TuSimple and Ike announced new funding in February to fuel the continued development of their automated driving systems for commercial vehicles.<

DALLAS — Ray Martinez, the head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, urged carriers to complete the trucking industry’s transition to electronic logging devices and expressed optimism about the potential to add flexibility to driver hours-of-service rules.

DALLAS — Omnitracs has embarked on a mission to reduce wasted time and inefficiency in trucking by harnessing the latest advances in cloud computing and software design.

Omnitracs has formed a partnership with Red Hat, a major provider of open-source, cloud-based software, to accelerate the development of its fleet-management technology.

Pronto, the new self-driving truck startup launched by Anthony Levandowski, is pursuing a more incremental path toward autonomous driving than many of its competitors in the increasingly crowded race to bring automation to trucking.

Self-driving truck startups TuSimple and Ike both announced new funding in February to fuel the continued development of their automated driving systems for commercial vehicles.

Self-driving truck startups TuSimple and Ike both announced new funding in February to fuel the continued development of their automated driving systems for commercial vehicles.

Truck drivers using the Uber Freight load-booking app can now rate shippers’ and receivers’ facilities and share feedback on factors such as wait times and amenities.