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Heavy Duty Trucking magazine was named a finalist for three journalism awards from the American Society for Business Publication Editors.
Also known as the Azbee Awards, the competition recognizes outstanding work by magazines, newsletters and digital media in the business-to-business, trade, association and professional publication world. According to ASBPE, the Azbee Awards of Excellence program is “one of the most competitive there is for business-to-business, trade, association, and professional publications.”
HDT was named a National and Regional finalist for the Online: Single Topic Coverage by a Team category for coverage of The ELD Mandate.
HDT was named a regional finalist (Pacific) for the Online: Trade Show/Conference Coverage category for coverage of the North American Commercial Vehicle Show.
Finally, HDT was named a National and Regional Finalist for the Print: Feature Series category for the Trucking in the 21st Century series of articles.
HDT editors nominated for their work in one or more categories include Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge, Executive Editor David Cullen, Equipment Editor Jim Park, Senior Editor Jack Roberts, Business Contributing Editor Evan Lockridge, Technology Contributing Editor Jim Beach, and Web Editor Steven Martinez.
The National Award winners will be announced May 10 at the 2018 ASBPE National Conference & Azbee Awards Banquet in Washington D.C.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Trump campaign aide arrived Friday at the federal courthouse in Washington for a scheduled grand jury appearance, days after he defiantly insisted in a series of news interviews that he intended to defy a subpoena in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
Fresh off runs in Arizona and California, Waymo says it is ready to begin autonomous truck tests in Atlanta's heavy urban traffic conditions. Photo: Waymo
">Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo announced it will begin a pilot program in Atlanta, Georgia, testing self-driving trucks carrying freight bound for Google data centers. According to the company, Atlanta is one of the biggest logistics hubs in the country, making it a natural home for Google's logistical operations and the perfect environment for the next phase of testing Waymo's self-driving trucks.
Waymo is Google's autonomous vehicle controls division.
This pilot, in partnership with Google's logistics team, will allow Waymo to further develop its autonomous truck technology and integrate it into the operations of shippers and carriers, as well as the network of factories, distribution centers, ports and terminals those carriers serve.
The company says the pilot program will be conducted with highly trained drivers in the truck cabs to monitor systems and take control if needed.
Waymo notes it has been conducting road tests of self-driving trucks in California and Arizona, and says its vehicle control software is now “learning” to drive big rigs in much the same way a human driver would after years of driving passenger cars. The company notes that while the overall principles are the same, things such as braking, turning, and blind spots are different with a fully loaded truck and trailer.
In a recent blog post outlining its new pilot program attributed to the Waymo Team, the company noted that, “Waymo's self-driving technology is not only experienced, but adaptable. Our self-driving trucks use the same suite of custom-built sensors that power our self-driving minivan. They benefit from the same advanced self-driving software that has enabled our cars to go fully driverless in Arizona. And our engineers and AI experts are leveraging the ...Read the rest of this story
Separately, Qualcomm Inc said it discontinued the role of executive chairman and named a new non-executive chairman as it seeks to curry favor with shareholders ahead of a proxy fight with Broadcom now slated for April 5. Qualcomm also said Tom Horton would continue as its lead director. Horton has been a member of the company's board since December 2008, having previously served as chairman and chief executive officer of American Airlines Group Inc .
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