self-driving trucks

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what's happening in the freight ecosystem. In today's edition, we highlight Nikola executives playing the long game, TuSimple's watermelon deliveries and more. FreightWaves' free virtual event, LIVE @HOME, continues on Thursday; you can listen to pioneering...

Autonomous trucking is poised to solve several long-term industrial issues, ranging from tight capacity and chronic truck parking shortages to the untenable toll of highway deaths involving heavy-duty trucks, and do so while delivering a potentially staggering wave of economic prosperity to...

Self-driving truck software developer Plus signed a definitive agreement Monday to merge with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Hennessey Capital V in a deal expected to bring $500 million in cash and a $3.3 billion valuation to Plus in Q3. Hennessey is a veteran creator of shell...

This week, we're looking at what insurance for autonomous trucks might look like and how truck manufacturers are booking additional revenue by selling chargers and hand-holding advice with electric trucks. Insuring The Drive, Not The Driver Autonomous trucking software developer TuSimple and...

Kodiak Robotics is one of several Silicon Valley autonomous trucking software developers. But it gets less attention than players that started earlier. It also lacks the fundraising and manufacturer partnerships that competitors have. TuSimple's public trading debut, the reputational credit given...

Self-driving trucking software maker Plus will work with the natural gas joint venture Cummins Westport to apply its supervised PlusDrive system to a 12-liter natural gas engine, pairing what eventually could be driverless technology with a powertrain featuring near-zero carbon emissions. The...

TuSimple is looking to raise up to $250 million in a fresh funding round, TechCrunch reported late Friday. The self-driving-truck maker has hired Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) to help raise the funds, according to TechCrunch. The investment bank is already sending out proposals to potential investors...

Good day, Daimler Trucks (OTC: DDAIF) and its partner Torc Robotics plans to expand Level 4 autonomous vehicle testing in the U.S., the companies announced in a press release this morning. Level 4 vehicles are able to operate without a driver in the vehicle, although in current testing in...

Good day, Waymo, the self-driving vehicle unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL), announced this morning that it is beginning testing of self-driving trucks on roads in Texas and New Mexico. The vehicles will drive alongside self-driving Chrysler Pacifica automobiles. "These are...

Commercial and environmental pressures will encourage freight operators to look at new and innovative ways to ship freight between the UK and continental Europe in the future, according to a new white paper published by the British Ports Association and MDS Transmodal. One upshot could see...

Kenworth Truck Co. skipped the fanfare in debuting its proof-of-concept Level 4 autonomous truck at CES 2020 because the Paccar Inc. (NASDAQ: PCAR) brand is focused on learning what to expect from automated driving. "We have a pretty good plan and it's going to take a lot of validation work once...

Self-driving truck outfit Plus.ai will launch a safety testing program allowing the company to expand vehicle testing to cover all permissible continental states in the U.S. by the end of 2020.  The tests, announced at CES 2020 in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, will include closed course testing as well as...

German supplier ZF Friedrichshafen will deliver a Level 4 autonomous driving system for a commercial vehicle customer by 2025, advancing the timetable for automated commercial trucking. The race to automate trucking is important because of an estimate by the American Trucking Associations (ATA)...

Autonomous trucking startup Starsky Robotics is in talks with potential buyers, including some with its rivals, after failing to raise new funding to stay afloat, a former employee claims. The 3-year-old startup is best known for its Level 4 autonomous trucking technology that uses truck drivers...

While Starsky Robotics says it remains committed to developing Level 4 autonomous vehicle technology, the company's over-the-road trucking fleet is not faring as well. Starsky recently decided to downsize the OTR fleet. The 3-year-old startup is best known for its fully unmanned truck trip on a 9....