Equipment Partnerships play key role in journey to autonomous trucks February 8, 2023 The journey toward highly autonomous trucks continues, and there seems to be no shortage of paths to get there. Most of today’s test fleets focus on jurisdictions like New Mexico,…
Business Management Vision Zero goals will involve more than tech alone October 28, 2022 A growing number of jurisdictions are approaching highway safety with a commitment that settles for nothing less than perfection. Vision Zero — a strategy that originated in Sweden in 1997…
Regulations Autonomous trucks continue to prove themselves in pilot projects August 26, 2022 Craig Harper first presented the idea of autonomous trucks to JB Hunt’s executive team back in 2016, although there wasn’t much to present at the time. “We couldn’t get a…
Transportation JB Hunt eyes autonomous truck runs with Waymo Via January 14, 2022 JB Hunt plans to bring fully autonomous trucks to Texas roads in the next “few years”, under a strategic alliance with Waymo Via. The alliance – representing Waymo Via’s first…
Equipment Covid-19 can’t derail shift to electrification August 20, 2020 LONG BEACH, Calif. – When economies around the world ground to a sudden halt due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, transport-related emissions also largely vanished. Suddenly, distant mountain ranges came…
Equipment Advanced driver assistance systems prove their worth August 12, 2020 The business case for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) can be explained using the invoices associated with collision repairs. Collapsed bumpers, cracked rads, and crumpled hoods are largely the result…
Equipment Driver assistance systems deliver immediate ROI, JB Hunt executive says August 5, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – JB Hunt has seen a direct return on its investments into advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), says senior vice-president – safety, security and driver personnel Greer Woodruff.
Health & Safety Hair testing for drugs would ground 300K truck drivers in U.S.: Researchers July 23, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Researchers at the University of Central Arkansas are validating an earlier study that suggests hair testing for drug use could force nearly 300,000 truck drivers off the…
