TMC has adopted Future Truck Program Position Paper: 2015-1, "360° Driver Awareness Expectations"
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. Developed by S.18's Task Force of the same name, the paper recommends that the industry consider the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Option 7 framework as a model for enhanced pre-trip inspections model for Automated Commercial Vehicles (ACMVs)
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
ALSO AVAILABLE: TMC Position Paper 2015-3: Recommendations Regarding Automated Driving and Platooning Systems This Position Paper offers several recommendations regarding the development and implementation of automated driving and platooning systems
Also posted is the latest draft of TMC Future Truck Position Paper 2015-3, “Recommendations Regarding Automated Driving and Platooning Systems.” which originally was incorporated in the task force's final draft paper, but is now separated out as a separate position paper
Chairman: Richard Bishop, Richard Bishop Consulting, (443) 695-3717 This Task Force is exploring the need for recommended practices and developing a position paper on platooning truck technologies
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...
In its new Position Paper, FT PP 2015-2, "Future Driver Distraction Guidelines," TMC’s Future Truck Committee urges the development of industry-wide guidelines for the installation and use of these devices in Class 7-8 commercial vehicles