ByThe Associated Press October 20, 2023, 11:41 AM This Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023 satellite photos analyzed on Friday by The Associated Press show a convoy of semitruck trailers lined up at the Rafah border crossing on the Egyptian side, likely waiting for approval to cross into the besieged Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war rages. … Read more
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Monday it was upgrading and expanding its investigation into 708,000 Ford Motor sport utility vehicles and trucks over catastrophic engine failures tied to a faulty valve. The agency says under normal driving conditions vehicles without warning may experience a loss of … Read more
“In the last year or two, people have taken advances in AI and machine learning and said ‘we can make a real business case here, whether it’s lowering costs or improving efficiency or whatever,” says Matthew Johnson-Roberson, director of the robotics institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Johnson-Roberson says years of investment in areas like self-driving … Read more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Friday that would have required a human safety operator to be present any time a self-driving truck operated on public roads in the state. The win for the autonomous trucking industry comes after the California Senate had passed the bill in mid-September. The bill would have effectively banned … Read more
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California governor Gavin Newsom worked late last night, vetoing a law that would have banned self-driving trucks without a human aboard from state roads until the early 2030s. State lawmakers had voted through the law with wide margins, backed by unions that argued autonomous trucks are a safety risk and threaten jobs. The bill would … Read more
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This will not be nice information for the local weather. An individual who swaps a fuel truck for a hybrid one will cut back their emissions. An evaluation of 2020 pickup vans discovered {that a} hybrid truck emits nearly 30 p.c much less greenhouse fuel over its lifetime than a solely gas-powered counterpart. However world … Read more
Recent from letting us take a primary drive in its Ocean midsize electrical SUV in addition to making its first buyer deliveries of the automobile, Fisker has unveiled its EV lineup for the subsequent few years. At an occasion in Huntington Seaside, California, on yesterday evening, the corporate revealed 4 new fashions that might be … Read more
Don’t neglect to thank your mailman, come rain, snow, warmth, or hail. After years of placing up with sweltering temperatures inside their automobiles, UPS has reached a take care of the Worldwide Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union that represents practically 340,000 drivers, so as to add air-con to UPS vehicles each new and outdated. Cops … Read more