OEMs push deeper tech partnerships to build connected and software-defined trucks

Truck manufacturers are no longer trying to build every piece of connected technology themselves. Instead, they’re redesigning trucks around partnerships with technology companies and moving safety systems, cameras and telematics from aftermarket add-ons to the factories.

Truckload pricing is beginning to strengthen even though freight demand remains subdued, according to new quarterly research from U.S. Bank and DAT Freight & Analytics, suggesting carriers are gaining pricing power as capacity exits the market.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed ending a requirement that vehicles designed exclusively for automated driving have manual brake pedals.

Aurora Innovation says an independent review of its autonomous trucking safety case has validated the company’s approach to demonstrating the safety of its self-driving system, a move it says could help establish a new benchmark for transparency across the autonomous vehicle industry.

AI-powered software has allowed gas station operators across California to illegally collude and drive up prices at the pump, according to a federal lawsuit.

Each week, trucknews.com lists notable events, promotions and awards in the trucking industry.

Quarterhill has agreed to acquire Conduent’s tolling business in a transaction the company says will nearly triple its tolling revenue and create one of the industry’s largest providers of intelligent transportation systems.

Manitoulin Group of Companies raised $150,000 through its 18th annual Charity Golf Classic, bringing the event’s cumulative fundraising total to more than $2.15 million since its inception.