Hacker News with Generative AI: Trucking

Truck platooning could ease driver shortages, save fuel, boost safety (ieee.org)
The pair of semi trucks cruising down Interstate 70 between Columbus, Ohio, and Indianapolis may seem unremarkable at first glance. But these rigs are part of a groundbreaking pilot project that could reshape the U.S. freight industry.

Trucking, Transportation, Technology, Sustainability, Safety

8 points by Brajeshwar 14 days ago | 4 comments

Driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes (cnn.com)

Self-Driving Cars, Transportation, Technology, Trucking

167 points by harambae 36 days ago | 350 comments

Commercial driverless freight trucking begins in Texas (newatlas.com)
The Pittsburgh-based autonomous vehicle tech startup has just launched its self-driving trucking service in Texas, starting with deliveries between Dallas and Houston.

Autonomous Vehicles, Trucking, Texas, Logistics

9 points by geox 37 days ago | 1 comments

The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes (cnn.com)

Self-Driving Cars, Trucking, Transportation

8 points by e12e 37 days ago | 3 comments

EV could reboot medium-duty trucking by not reinventing the wheel (arstechnica.com)
GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—There's no shortage of companies looking to reinvent the delivery experience using everything from sidewalk drones to electric vans. Some are succeeding, but many more have failed by trying to radically rethink the simple, age-old task of getting stuff from one place to another.

Electric Vehicles, Trucking, Transportation, Innovation

7 points by rbanffy 105 days ago | 0 comments

A Tesla Semi has already traveled 250k miles in 1.5 years (electrek.co)
We learned a lot about Tesla Semi thanks to a new presentation from the head of the electric truck program at Tesla, including the fact that Tesla ran one of the trucks 250,000 miles (400,000 km) already.

Electric Vehicles, Tesla, Trucking, Transportation

35 points by guerby 263 days ago | 28 comments