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From adaptive, "smart" cruise control to fully self-driving vehicles, advanced technology is playing a role in how we get around and helping shape the future of transportation. This category provides news, updates and insight into the connectivity and advancements behind autonomous vehicles.

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At their core, AI agents are large language models, yet unlike traditional LLMs that generate “responses based on the data used to train them” and being bound “by knowledge and reasoning limitations,” AI agents use tools in the backend “to obtain up-to-date information, optimize workflow, and create subtasks autonomously to achieve complex goals,” according to IBM.
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Waabi
VNL Autonomous truck branded for Volvo/Waabi partnership
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Volvo partners with Waabi to drive its autonomous trucks

Feb. 5, 2025
Volvo's VNL Autonomous will use Waabi's cutting-edge AI driving technology in its operations. The OEM's AV group plans to launch commercial hauls in Texas in 2025.
Kodiak Robotics
autonomous peterbilt truck using kodiak ADS
Technology

NHTSA proposes exemptions tailored for autonomous vehicles

Jan. 29, 2025
NHTSA’s proposed rulemaking is a major development for federal AV regulation. The proposed rule would implement AV STEP, a voluntary program for vehicles with advanced driving...
Kodiak Robotics
Two Kodiak RoboTrucks are parked in the Permian Basin, where Atlas Energy Solutions provides proppant fracking material for oil and natural gas extraction.
Technology

Kodiak goes commercial: Delivers first RoboTrucks to Atlas Energy’s private fleet

Jan. 27, 2025
Permian Basin logistics company finds early success hauling frac sand without humans on private desert roads in Texas and New Mexico. Atlas plans to add more heavy-duty self-driving...
Overhaul
Overhaul launches AI-powered fraud detection software to combat freight fraud for shippers and 3PLs
Technology

Overhaul releases AI-powered freight fraud detection software for shippers and 3PLs

Jan. 15, 2025
With Overhaul FraudWatch, users receive real-time data and alerts, enabling them to identify fraudulent threats, such as fictitious pickups and double brokering, and take action...
Aurora
Revolutionizing logistics: Aurora, Continental, and NVIDIA unite to launch scalable driverless trucking solutions
Technology

Aurora, Continental, and Nvidia partner to deploy driverless trucks at scale

Jan. 10, 2025
Nvidia Drive Thor and DriveOS will be integrated into the Aurora Driver, an SAE L4 autonomous driving system that Continental plans to mass-manufacture in 2027.

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