Autonomous vehicles and self-driving trucks could become the next favored weapons of terrorists if the automotive industry doesn’t take a more rigorous approach to cybersecurity, according to a Justice Department official. Speaking about the potential to use robotic vehicles to carry out the type terrorist attack that killed 84 people in the French resort city […]
Archives for July 2016
Car and Truck Manufacturers Look to Confront Cybersecurity Issues
As manufacturers pack cars and trucks with electronics and wireless connections, security experts are increasingly worried about the potential for hackers to take control of vehicles. Already, hackers have demonstrated how they can take control of a Jeep Cherokee and drive it into a ditch. Police in Houston investigated a series of unsolved vehicle robberies […]
100-Year-Old Street Trolley Technology Could Change Trucking
Powering up an electric truck takes patience. Batteries typically take hours to fully charge and charging stations aren’t as ubiquitous as Starbucks. Freight movers are trying to develop a faster solution. A first-of-its-kind test is in motion in Southern California to charge electric and hybrid trucks by allowing them to temporarily latch onto overhead wires […]
UPS Talks Drone Delivery, Self-Driving Trucks, and Alternative Fuels
If anyone has a beat on the future of trucking, it’s Mike Britt, director of maintenance and engineering for international operations at UPS, the world’s largest package delivery service. Britt oversees the company’s international truck fleet spread across more than 220 countries and territories and helps determine what and how UPS drives. Under Britt’s watch […]
Tesla Co-founder Helps Create Electric Garbage Truck
Mack Trucks unveiled an electric garbage truck that has a powertrain developed by a Tesla Motors co-founder at WasteExpo, the waste management and recycling conference in Las Vegas. The truck is one of several new approaches that could potentially make garbage collection cleaner, quieter and more energy-efficient, said Bill Van Amburg, senior vice president of […]
