Oregon gets waiver from proof of citizenship CDL regs
Summary
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted a waiver to allow the Oregon Department of Transportation to issue CDLs to certain non-citizens. “Cummins is partnering with two industry experts on this project, Bosch Global Software and KPIT, two companies that have extensive expertise in vehicle telematics and CAN communications,” said Brad Sutton, Executive Director, Powertrain Engineering, Cummins Inc. “Our combined expertise and experience enable us to innovate and create new solutions faster than we could individually, creating real value for our customers and their businesses.” Eclipse CANought creates industry-specific capabilities focused on standardizing and securing access to the CAN (Controller Area Network) bus to more easily enable features, such as over-the-air software updates. These capabilities significantly reduce the time and cost required to develop connectivity applications that access and update vehicle ECUs, Cummins said, simplifying software integration work for OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and suppliers. It complements an existing project, Eclipse Kanto, which provides a hardware-agnostic solution for running containerized applications across any variety of telematics hardware. The survey is being conducted in concert with ATRI research that is assessing how underrepresented groups might be recruited into the trucking industry, including women, foster care participants and formerly incarcerated individuals.