Watch this short video to see Google’s Self Driving Cars maneuver the roads.  

ARLINGTON, Va., April 30, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Congestion on the nation’s Interstate highways added over $9.2 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2013, according to research released today by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI).  ATRI, the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research institute, utilized motor carrier financial data…

TORONTO — Truckers hauled more goods in March 2014 than ever before, according to data records from TransCore Link Logistics’ Canadian Freight Index. Truck load volumes have been on a rising trend for the past four months in a row, but March volumes were the highest ever recorded, being 50…

Just like the driver shortage plaguing trucking fleets and projected to worsen in the next decade, so too does the industry face a growing need for truck mechanics. The trucking industry could face a technician shortage as large as 200,000, say sources in the piece, and the Department of Labor…

Someday, when fully autonomous vehicles are a reality, private car ownership and public transportation might plummet in favor of faster, better and cheaper mobility-on-demand services fulfilled by driverless cars. Imagine Uber powered by fleets of Google self-driving cars. Such services underlie intriguing future scenarios where “robotaxis” provide door-to-door service while…

Uber rolled out a new service in Manhattan on Tuesday that foreshadows the five-year-old company’s plans to become much more than a platform for e-hailing taxi and town car rides. Now, with UberRUSH, the company is piloting a bike and ped-courier service designed to move stuff, rather than people. For…

The V-22 Osprey is a genuinely revolutionary airframe because the large rotors at the tips of its wings can pivot 90 degrees in flight.  What that means in practical terms is that it can take off and land like a helicopter, but once in the air it can achieve the…

March Class 8 truck orders were 27,400 units, which is the 4th consecutive month of strong orders, and reaffirms that OEMs will need to start to inch up production rates. While Class 8 orders have been very strong, medium-duty truck orders remain consistent. The Class 8 backlog is expected to…

According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the Californian automaker will bring some form of semi-autonomous — or autopilot – technology to market by 2016, presumably as a software feature for its Model S, Model X, or perhaps Model E electric cars. See Tesla.

A recent poll found that about 9 out of 10 American adults are afraid of the technology that will take their hands off the wheel. Which auto company is doing the best job of overcoming such serious roadblocks? Are you ready to give up the wheel? See what Honda, Acura,…