Telematics Telematics will be an indispensable element of the future truck, impacting everything about the vehicle and its usage. Truck OEMs that effectively integrate telematics to build solutions for their customers stand to successfully differentiate and redefine their brands. These...
We've posted in the task force library the latest draft of TMC’s Information Report IR 2015-01, Automated Driving & Platooning: Issues & Opportunities
TMC has adopted Future Truck Program Position Paper: 2015-1, "360° Driver Awareness Expectations"
TMC Information Reports and Position Papers Click the following links to access TMC information reports and position papers developed by the Council's Study Groups and Committees: Future Truck Information Reports Future Truck Position Papers Study Group Information Reports Study Group Position Papers/Technical Policy Advisories
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TMC has published S.1 ELECTRICAL STUDY GROUP POSITION PAPER: 2024-3 — RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING TECHNICAL NEEDS FOR NEXT GENERATION TRACTOR/TRAILER ELECTRICAL AND DATA CONNECTIVITY. This position paper lays out the technical performance needs for a new tractor/trailer electrical interface for both power and data, so as to provide a set of technical characteristics to facilitate advancement of trailer technology through modernizing the truck/trailer interface in a way that minimizes the burden on fleets and individual owner/operators, and allows for the best opportunity for successful industry adoption without causing unnecessary business disruption yet still provide the necessary expansions to accommodate future truck/trailer functionality. The S.1 Next Generation Tractor/Trailer Electrical Interface Task Force is utilizing these criteria in its continuing work to evaluate various proposals for the NextGen Interface for potentially replacing the SAE J560 connector with a new standardized interface. The Position Paper is availalble for download at: https://ata.msgfocus.com/c/19Ph8moVoJZt8a4iip
TMC's S.18 Automated and Electric Vehicle Study Group has just approved a position paper on automated truck inspection and enforcement
The Future Truck Committee latest product became the first TMC publication of 2021 with the release of Position Paper FT PP 2021-1: Recommendations Regarding Future Tractor-Trailer Coupling Technology . The paper can be found at https://tmc.trucking.org/blog/future-truck-position-paper-2021-1-recommendations-regarding-future-tractor-trailer-coupling TMC’s Future Chassis & Brake Systems Task Force conducted a review of the potential benefits of automated tractor-trailer coupling technologies
Three new positions are posted today on TMC's Job Exchange