driverless trucks

Aurora Innovation opened its Interstate 45 autonomous trucking route between Dallas and Houston as unease and criticism grow.

After originally working with TuSimple, Loadsmith picks Kodiak Robotics for autonomous driving systems.

Autonomous trucking software developer TuSimple completed a driverless truck pilot on a U.S. highway in 2021. Now it has done it in China.

Driverless trucks have special needs that only humans can perform at terminals where they will drop and hook loads.

Even with multiple investigations to close, TuSimple has three years worth of money to run its autonomous trucking business.

A cross-section of Industry experts offer thoughts on how transportation management systems will integrate with autonomous trucks.

Kodiak Robotics and Werner Enterprises completed a 152-hour autonomous freight trucking pilot between Dallas and Lake City, Florida.

TuSimple CEO Xiaodi Hou responded to a federal safety investigation that raised concerns about a potential setback to its driverless truck technology.

Autonomous technology company Gatik will expand operations in Kansas.

TuSimple’s leadership succession plan was known inside the autonomous trucking startup, but the unexpected timing rattled investors.

TuSimple says its autonomous trucking software is “feature complete” and it will expand driverless trucking beyond a pilot program.

TuSimple advances its commercialization timetable for driverless trucking and adds intermodal freight for Union Pacific at the Port of Tucson in Arizona.

With its foundation in place, Gatik looks to accelerate middle-mile autonomous deliveries across North America.

After years of work, TuSimple engineers and executives silently watched their autonomous semi take its maiden voyage without a driver.

TuSimple achieved its goal of sending a Class 8 truck with no one in the cab on a nighttime run along Interstate 10 in Arizona.

AV manufacturers are quickly building evidence to prove the safety of autonomous driving technology.

Representatives from both sides of the aisle and company executives convened in a webinar hosted by the Consumer Technology Association.

Does the search for a completely safe driverless truck mean that everything should wait for perfection? David Liu doesn’t think so.

The company successfully tested one of its driverless Arrival vans at a fully functioning parcel depot.

Jeremy Reymer speaks with Jim Mullen, chief administrative and legal officer of TuSimple, about what it is doing to disrupt the trucking industry as we know it and what the vision is for the future of autonomous driverless trucks.

Driver surveillance surfaces as a potential downside at a vehicle automation hearing.

The Office of Management and Budget is considering whether to greenlight a trucking automated driving systems project.

TuSimple will focus on perfecting its core autonomous trucking technology on the middle mile while it relies on partners for other aspects of the technology and services required.

A DOT autonomous trucking technology study downplays concerns raised by the FMCSA.

Understanding trucking automation’s effect on the trucker workforce is a priority for the Biden administration, an FMCSA official asserts.

DOT Chief Elaine Chao announced a plan for autonomous vehicles on her last day at the department.

Daimler Trucks continues to build out autonomous expertise with a partnership and investment in LiDAR maker Luminar

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit was held on Thursday; Hyliion details its secret sauce; and FMCSA expands a pilot program for drivers under the age of 21.

Self-driving trucks will drastically cut down on the need for truck drivers, while also disrupting allied segments like insurance, fuel stations and truck stops.

Cameras are replacing mirrors on large trucks.

Waymo joins a growing number of driverless tech firms locating facilities or freight operations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including Aurora, Nuro, Kodiak Robotics and TuSimple.

Goal is to get freight companies and truck automation vendors to deploy AV technology in daily revenue service.

$7.5 million going to Virginia Tech will also help set industry guidelines.

Labor unions claim the effect on jobs is not being properly considered.

ATA says rules should assume “drivers” will no longer be people.

Fund would be used to transition from diesel by 2030.

Sandeep Kar has written a thought-provoking article about changes in trucks and how those changes affect truck drivers. He also writes about what the future may hold for truck drivers in the coming years.

Starsky Robotics tested its fully unmanned autonomous truck on a 9.4-mile stretch of public highway on the Florida Turnpike.

House committee urges “national strategy” to address the issue

Pronto built a high-performing Level 2 solution for commercial vehicles with dynamic throttling, braking, and steering.

If driver wages are eliminated, total cost of ownership will fall. But capacity will saturate the market and rates will crash. In the end, trucking will still be a capital-intensive and low-margin industry.