self-driving trucks

CUPERTINO, Calif. — So what is it like when a robot is doing the driving of a fully-loaded Class 8 heavy-duty truck? Really smooth. Really well mannered. And the sense that surrounding traffic is oblivious to the likely future of trucking, at least of this hourlong ride on several northern...

This week, we're playing back what some participants in the Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit had to say about the sector's future, chronicling the growth in Nikola's dealer network and checking out a very cool new Lego ruck. Summit Voices On Autonomous Trucking's Future FreightWaves...

DriverReach founder and CEO Jeremy Reymer chatted with Jim Mullen, chief administrative and legal officer of TuSimple (NASDAQ: TSP), about the not-so-distant future of autonomous trucking. TuSimple is a San Diego-based, global self-driving truck company that is developing a commercial-ready,...

PACCAR Inc. and Volvo Group are among investors in a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that plans to bring self-driving technology company Aurora Innovation public at a $10.6 billion enterprise valuation, the second-highest of four startups seeking to trade on public markets. Aurora,...

Uber Freight (NYSE: UBER) announced Thursday it has expanded into less-than-truckload freight. "Our vision is to become a one-stop-shop for freight," Michael Bailey, product manager for Uber Freight, told FreightWaves. "Shippers can come to us for any type of goods, in any form, at any time with...

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The Daily Dash is a quick look at what's happening in the freight ecosystem. In today's edition, we highlight the latest tech advances for autonomous trucks, an analysis for investing in the LTL market and more. The High Five 1. One sensor from LiDAR startup AEye Inc. can see more than a half-...

This week, we look at how technology patents suggest possible winners and also-rans in the autonomous trucking race to commercialization. And Cummins cuts a deal that replaces the sunsetting of its 20-year-old natural gas joint venture with Westport Fuel Systems. A Patent Argument Sizing up the...

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what's happening in the freight ecosystem. In today's edition, we highlight the need for full disclosure on autonomous truck crashes, new entry-level driver training requirements and more. The High Five 1. Federal regulators have ordered manufacturers and...

Federal regulators have ordered manufacturers and operators of trucks equipped with Level 2 advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) or Levels 3-5 automated driving systems (ADS) to report crashes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced on Tuesday that it was exercising its...

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Another company seeking to disrupt the $700-billion trucking freight market is going public, with autonomous vehicle company Embark Trucks announcing a SPAC deal Wednesday morning. The SPAC Deal: Embark Trucks is going public via a SPAC deal with Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp II (NYSE: NGAB)...

Autonomous trucking software leader TuSimple is running six months ahead of schedule in building out the first phase of its autonomous freight network, and should reach Charlotte, North Carolina, and Orlando, Florida, by the end of the year. TuSimple Holdings (NASDAQ: TSP) on Wednesday opened a...

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) will test high-autonomy software from Waymo Via on a leading customer route from Houston to Fort Worth, Texas, where robot truck evaluations are making up a greater portion of Lone Star State traffic. Motorists near the trucks on Interstate 45 might...

Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) is paying $50 million to settle claims that it overcharged the U.S. Marines for suspension systems on armored military vehicles, clearing another issue ahead of its merger with Volkswagen AG's TRATON Group. The allegations against Navistar Defense LLC,...