Is CarPlay for trucks different than CarPlay for cars? I don't really understand your safety concern.
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Volvo's New VNL Series Semi Trucks Include CarPlay Support
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Is CarPlay for trucks different than CarPlay for cars? I don't really understand your safety concern.
This is correct. I drove long haul for a couple of years and then car hauler regional for five more. We use specialized satellite based mapping for truck heights, hazmat routes, truck gross weights ( 40 tons cannot go over quite a few bridges ) and traffic considerations. The carplay would be just for music when resting as most of the time we listen to the CB for all of your four wheelers antics.
As an aside, never liked the Volvo trucks. Kenworth or Peterbuilt is the best ride in my opinion.
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That's Volvo cars, owned by Geely (and previously owned by Ford).
Not to mix up with Volvo Group that this article is about. The only thing in common is the brand.
This announcement by Volvo is just a short-term thing to keep long-haul truckers happy, while Volvo and the rest of the industry work hard to eliminate the need for truck drivers altogether. It's still going to take some time to develop the tech, and implementation delays will add to the continued need for drivers, but I predict we'll see more automated trucks on the road than driven trucks by 2040.
Is it WIRELESS CarPlay, or wired?
That's an important distinction for usage/user experience. Although I suppose for long haul most drivers would have their phone plugged in most of the time anyway.
That's an important distinction for usage/user experience. Although I suppose for long haul most drivers would have their phone plugged in most of the time anyway.
And keep in its own lane, and speed up when it should, and merge when it should (and not when it shouldn't).
If the technology is so great, why is there a human employed to sit in that seat?
So long as there's a human employed to sit in that seat, they should do their damn job and not be screwing around with anything else.
If we were talking about someone driving a smartcar, I wouldn't care that much. Survival of the Fittest takes care of them.
Since we're talking about someone driving a semi, this isn't valid anymore. People besides the person at fault dies when it's a semi.
Now is not the time to make huge investments in new trucks but rather to buy used and maximize ROI until the robot driverless trucks take over. The price of trucks is about to perform a Y split with new automated trucks being very pricy and used human drive trucks plummeting in price. If you have a truck to sell, do it now before the split. If you want to have a 10 year career in trucking start end game planning.
I've seen this video shared many times, but the problem here wasn't the car. The vehicle used in the "test" wasn't equipped with the safety feature so it wasn't going to stop. The people who decided to attempt this were idiots and should have done more research
This. I have friends who are truck drivers, and they wouldn't dare use a standard GPS app. They need things like "maximum height limitations" and weight limitations. Waze, Google Maps, Apple Maps, none of those do anything of the sort.
obviously you people mixed things up. Ever since Ford bought Volvo cars in mid 1980s or so,there has been no connection whatsoever between the car company and the truck/bus manufacturer. It's two different companies.
Volvo cars is today just a Europe made brand of Geely automobiles. Soo,the XC60 with failed brake system is not built by the same manufacturer as the semi truck,the truck is built by Volvo company,the XC60 is built by Geely in the Torslanda factory.
Volvo cars is today just a Europe made brand of Geely automobiles. Soo,the XC60 with failed brake system is not built by the same manufacturer as the semi truck,the truck is built by Volvo company,the XC60 is built by Geely in the Torslanda factory.
Oh they certainly do. They've lagged on updating them, but they definitely still make them.
And to the joy of the vocal minority Apple have been more open than usual about their upcoming "Truck" plans:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/review/mac-pro/mac-pro-2018-or-2019-preview-3660979/
https://www.apple.com/imac-pro/
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Living in England I've always liked the American style trucks with the protruding trunk/bonnet. Makes the local style flat fronted trucks in the UK seem boring in comparison. (Although I gather we have length restrictions which means it's sensible to maximise load carrying capacity with the flat front style we have).
Big fan of CarPlay, so glad to have all my media in one device (iPhone) and play it to speakers via AirPlay or headphones depending on the situation - whether I'm on a train or plane, in the car, walking, at the office, cycling or even at home.
One thing we don't need is more distractions while driving. It could be you or your family killed by someone playing with CarPlay.