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January 4, 2018

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Peloton Pledges Commercial Platooning in 2018

Rollout of Active Steering in Trucking Draws Near

Passenger Cars Could Point Path to Automated Steering in Trucks

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Peloton Pledges Commercial Platooning in 2018
2018 could bring commercial applications of truck platooning after successful demonstrations of the driver-assisted technology last month in Florida and Michigan by platooning developer Peloton Technology.

Rollout of Active Steering in Trucking Draws Near
Active steering is steadily moving beyond the prototype stage and is expected to become available in commercial trucks within the next couple of years.

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Passenger Cars Could Point Path to Automated Steering in Trucks
The passenger car market serves as an example of the kinds of automated steering systems truck makers will likely offer in the future.

Largest Automated Container Terminal Begins Operation in China
A $2.15 billion fully automated container terminal started operating at Shanghai's Yangshan Port.

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Full Speed Ahead for Economy, Trucking in 2018
Trucking firms are revved up for 2018, with predictions of tight capacity and strong demand for freight hauling setting the stage for an anticipated big year ahead for the industry, and indicators pointing to a potentially sustained period of business expansion in the United States and around the globe.

Companies Race to Create Sensors for Self-Driving Vehicles
To drive a car, you need to see the world around you. But computers are blind, so autonomous cars must rely on other ways to perceive their surroundings.

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Jacksonville, Fla., Opens Test Track to Future for Self-Driving Shuttles
The futuristic appeal of the autonomous vehicles that began operating Dec. 21 on the Jacksonville Transportation Authority test track is the prospect that eventually hundreds of them could be shuttling passengers around downtown.

If You Hate Driving in the Snow, a Robot Can Now Do It For You
Self-driving cars may be the future, but relinquishing control of the wheel certainly takes some getting used to. It's one thing to go (slowly) with the flow on well-marked city streets, for which many self-driving cars were initially developed and tested, but what happens when you throw icy winter road conditions into the mix?

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