Automated Trucking

The automation, electrification, and connected operation of trucks can help resolve many current issues associated with the trucking industry, including driver shortage, supply-chain disruptions, delivery service delays, emissions, and road safety. As significant research efforts in vehicle automation and electrification are now enabling large commercial ventures, more focused research is needed on how freight transport and logistics providers can best utilize such technologies to modernize the trucking industry. Specific research is emerging that addresses serious national concerns such as supply chain agility and resilience, distributed and re-shored manufacturing, elimination of GHG emissions, safety of truckers, road workers and vulnerable road users, transportation infrastructure utilization, road traffic congestion, workforce shortages, and the future of work-life balance.

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