LOCOMATION NAMES FORMER NHTSA COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR TO LEAD CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
Sean Rushton Will Direct the Autonomous Trucking Technology Firm’s Media Relations and Brand Development Arm
PITTSBURGH, PA — (Trailer Technician) – Locomation, the world’s first trucking technology platform to offer human-guided autonomous convoying, announced today that Sean Rushton, the former Communications Director at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, will lead the firm’s Corporate Communications.
“We are pleased to have Sean join Locomation to help us convey our unique story,” said company co-founder and CEO Dr. Çetin Meriçli. “This is a critical moment in the company’s journey as we begin deploying our first phase, Autonomous Relay Convoys (ARC), on the development path to fully autonomous trucks.”
“I’m delighted to join Locomation which has established a clear, practical path towards near-term implementation of its autonomous trucking technology,” Rushton said. “The convoying concept is safe and achievable in the near term, and will allow trucking companies to move more freight faster, cleaner, and at a lower cost.”
Locomation’s proprietary Autonomous Relay Convoy™ technology, which moves two trucks with one human on-duty driving, is expected to produce an estimated 30% or more reduction in truck operating cost per mile, 8% reduction in fuel expense, increase in freight density of 2x per lane, and remove 42 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air per tractor annually. By starting with convoying on the path to full automation, Locomation’s technology provides near-term value for the customer while ensuring a stable development path for higher levels of automation moving forward.
About Locomation
Locomation is the world’s first trucking technology platform to combine autonomous driving with driver augmentation. Launched in 2018 by veterans of Carnegie Mellon’s National Robotics Engineering Center, the Locomation team includes some of the world’s foremost experts in robotics technology, safety, and artificial intelligence. Through its core technology, Autonomous Relay Convoytm (ARC), one driver pilots a lead truck with technology augmentation while a follower truck operates in tandem through a fully autonomous system, allowing the follow driver to clock off and rest during this time. Learn more at https://locomation.ai