autonomous trucking
Applied Intuition to buy autonomous trucking SPAC Embark for $71M
Embark Trucks, the autonomous trucking company that recently cut 70% of its workforce, is being acquired by Applied Intuition, a simulation and software provider for autonomous vehicle development. Th
TuSimple gets temporary reprieve from Nasdaq delisting
Autonomous trucking company TuSimple’s stock shot up 28% Monday after the company narrowly dodged a delisting from the Nasdaq stock exchange. TuSimple’s stock closed at $1.06 per share. Tu
Who’s to blame for all the SPAC implosions?
Autonomous trucking startup Embark SPAC'd with a multibillion-dollar price tag. It's now a smoking crater We have to ask whose fault this all was.
Self-driving truck startup Waabi brings on Volvo VC as strategic investor
Autonomous trucking startup Waabi has bagged Volvo Group Venture Capital AB, the automaker’s VC arm, as a strategic investor. The companies aren’t disclosing the amount invested, nor many
Self-driving truck company TuSimple to lay off 25% of workforce
Update: CEO Cheng Lu said laid off workers will remain on the payroll for two months and will receive severance. Well, we knew it was coming. Self-driving trucking technology company TuSimple confirm
Waabi unveils its first-generation self-driving truck
Autonomous trucking startup Waabi has unveiled its first generation of trucks that are purpose-built for OEM integration. The trucks are powered by the Waabi Driver, a combination of Waabi’s sof
TuSimple addresses autonomous truck crash during Q2 earnings call
Autonomous trucking company TuSimple used its second-quarter earnings call to address an April crash during which one of the company’s autonomous trucks suddenly veered across the I-10 highway in Tu
Kodiak Robotics pilots autonomous trucking between California, Texas and Florida
Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics recently completed a coast-to-coast commercial run between Texas, California and Florida for 10 Roads Express, a USPS mail carrier, according to Kodiak. The
Waymo, UPS, others pressure Gov. Newsom to allow autonomous trucking in California
Waymo, Aurora, UPS and Luminar are among a group of 34 autonomous vehicle developers, California business organizations, and automotive and logistics companies that signed an open letter to Governor G
Waymo Via and Uber Freight partner up for the long haul
Waymo Via, the delivery division of Alphabet’s self-driving unit, is embarking on a long-term, strategic partnership with Uber Freight, Uber’s logistics spinout. As part of the agreement,
Aurora launches autonomous freight pilot with Werner, expands terminal network
Aurora Innovation is launching its third autonomous freight pilot in Texas. Starting this week, Aurora Driver-powered trucks will haul loads for Werner Enterprises, a transportation and logistics comp
Solo AVT wants to build fully driverless heavy truck platforms
California-based Solo Advanced Vehicle Technologies wants to build electric, purpose-built heavy-duty truck platforms for autonomous freight. These platforms would be compatible with any autonomous dr
Kodiak Robotics is moving autonomous freight for Ceva Logistics
Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics has partnered with Ceva Logistics to deliver freight autonomously between Dallas-Forth Worth and Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth and Oklahoma City, the company
Waabi’s Raquel Urtasun on the importance of differentiating your startup
Raquel Urtasun discusses starting a business after working for a larger company, the surprises of being a founder and why freight will be the first AV industry to commercialize at scale.
New Waymo Via partnership gives it access to 200,000 shippers and carriers
Waymo Via, Waymo’s autonomous trucking and cargo unit, has found another long-term strategic partner to see it through to commercialization. The company is gearing up to launch a pilot with C.H.
TuSimple integrates Nvidia’s newest auto-grade chip to scale autonomous trucking
Autonomous trucking company TuSimple is preparing to scale its self-driving tech with the help of Nvidia’s newest system-on-a-chip (SoC), Drive Orin, the company announced at CES. The chip, whic
The Station: TuSimple loses the driver, Nikola settles and transpo predictions for 2022
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TuSimple completes its first driverless autonomous truck run on public roads
Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple has completed its first autonomous truck run on open public roads without a human in the vehicle, according to the company. TuSimple’s Autonomous Driving Sys
Robotic Research raises $228M Series A to build out commercial autonomous offerings
Robotic Research, a self-driving technology company that has spent the last two decades developing on and off-road autonomous vehicles for the Department of Defense, raised a $228 million Series A rou
Key executives resign after Pony.ai combines trucking and passenger car R&D units
Pony.ai, the self-driving startup that operates in both the U.S. and China, has lost at least two executives from its trucking team following the combination of the company’s passenger car and self-