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The advent of automated driving technology is poised to transform the trucking industry in the years and decades to come, but it is clear that autonomous trucks will not be ready to handle all driving tasks and conditions anytime soon.

“Class-action lawsuits are like the plague. Every business owner hopes they pass by their company’s door,” Angela Cash, an attorney with Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, said at the 2018 Scopelitis Law Seminar.

Ryder System has reserved 500 new Chanje Energy medium-duty electric panel vans for its North American truck rental and ChoiceLease fleet, the company announced June 7.

The latest Infrastructure For Rebuilding America grants will increase mobility in both rural and urban areas, according to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.

A Canadian startup is testing a system that sucks carbon dioxide from the air and converts it into fuel for cars and other vehicles.

West Virginia’s motorists and visitors traveling across the Mountain State learned June 7 that tolls along the West Virginia Turnpike will double when the year 2019 arrives on their calendars.

The truck safety tournament earlier this month in Massachusetts was dominated by Frito-Lay driver Brian Singelais.

Electronic logging device (ELD) maker KeepTruckin now has a “plug-and-play” dashcam aimed at an affordable price point that’s designed for simple installation for fleet customers using its ELD product.
The dashcam system includes a small, square came

General Motors Co. and Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo rocked the auto industry last week with self-driving deals that will have each deploying thousands of robo-taxis onto U.S. roads over the next 18 months. Ford Motor Co., meanwhile, will continue biding its time.

As truck makers and technology developers work toward introducing vehicles with some level of automated driving features in the years ahead, it will be essential for drivers to have a clear understanding of what those systems can and cannot do and how …