Is the flux capacitor made famous in “Back to the Future” an answer to more efficient hydrogen storage on Class 8 trucks?
Xiaodi Hou was cast as a villain in the decline into irrelevance of autonomous trucking developer TuSimple. He sees it differently.
Driverless truck developers are looking to third-party validators to back their safety claims.
While the company continues to deny any wrongdoing, TuSimple has filed to settle its federal fraud case.
With fuel cell trucks on the road, Nikola is changing the game, but will it be enough to survive?
Perpetually troubled electric van maker Workhorse Group may be in worse shape than it appears. Little cash and slack orders are two factors.
The arcade game Whac-A-Mole describes state-by-state approach to rules of the driverless road while 50-state solution appears far off.
WattEV continues to roll up a lion’s share of federal infrastructure grants as it plots electric charging corridors
Ryder System is leasing space at a Houston maintenance facility to Kodiak Robotics for driverless truck operations.
One-time autonomous trucking leader TuSimple took the next step in its pullout from the U.S. market by voluntarily delisting from the Nasdaq.
Three companies departed autonomous trucking in 2023 as Aurora Innovation, Kodiak Robotics and Torc Robotics staked leadership claims.
The financial freezeout of startups by investors may be thawing as FOMU — the fear of messing up — begins to subside.
Uber Freight has more than 100 shipper companies lined up to run autonomous freight, but the capacity just doesn’t exist yet.
Amid a contraction of autonomous trucking firms, the founders of self-driving startup Argo AI are launching a driverless trucking startup.
The future of Waymo Via had been whispered about for months after parent Alphabet Inc. cut thousands of jobs across the company earlier this year.
Seeking clues in TuSimple’s delayed financials; a case for an autonomous trucking slowdown; and Kodiak Robotics’ dual-use approach to autonomy.
The autonomous industry’s losing streak is growing as Teamsters-backed legislation passes committee after committee in California.
Even as it pivots from the U.S. market for autonomous trucks, TuSimple still faces threat of Nasdaq delisting over late reports
Losers among transportation startups are rapidly being defined, It will take longer to determine the winners.
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.
Megawatt charging is too much for pretty much every electric truck save for the purpose-built Tesla Semi. But that is slowly changing.
School buses qualify for a lot of incentives to go electric, but are the vouchers and grants enough to make a difference?
Transportation startups that went for easy SPAC money never thought times would turn so ugly – certainly not so fast.
Autonomous trucking software developer TuSimple will cut 300 more jobs and keep China operations it had planned to spin off or sell.
Autonomous trucking software developer TuSimple will disappear from the Nasdaq on Monday as it is delisted for financial filings failure.
Once the flywheel that is electric trucks gets spinning, there will be no slowing it down. But as former college football coach Lee Corso is fond of saying on ESPN […]
Driverless trucks have special needs that only humans can perform at terminals where they will drop and hook loads.
Kodiak Robotics was shooting for easier maintenance of its autonomous trucks but it made them appear more normal in the process.
Aurora Innovation says being “feature complete” on its autonomous truck software puts it on target for driverless runs in 2024.
TuSimple plans driverless trucking on a commercial basis in Arizona next year – without a manufacturing partner.
Settling multiple distractions surrounding TuSimple was Cheng Lu’s priority when he returned as CEO in November.
It’s been three months since TuSimple fired a quarter of its workforce. Three of those who survived the cuts talked with FreightWaves.
Even with multiple investigations to close, TuSimple has three years worth of money to run its autonomous trucking business.
TuSimple co-founder Xiaodi Hou says his ouster was retaliation for failing to support a pay package for the rehired CEO whom he replaced.
La respuesta de LinkedIn afirma que la intimidación y la pérdida de dirección plagan la startup
TuSimple co-founder Xiaodi Hou quit the board at the autonomous trucking startup as the company investigated him for employee poaching.
In some rare good news for autonomous truck software developer TuSimple, the FMCSA closed a probe into a crash last April.
Autonomous trucking language can be a little off-putting to the uninitiated. One exception may be the term “feature complete.”
Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple will be on the hook for $15 million in cash severance if it ousts CEO Cheng Lu a second time.
Uber Freight and Volvo Autonomous Solutions are stressing patience over hype in working to digitally schedule loads for the truckmaker’s one-stop shop for all things autonomy.
El ejecutivo destituido regresa mientras la startup busca recuperar la estabilidad tras el despido del cofundador
Cheng Lu, ousted as CEO in an unannounced succession plan in March, is returning to autonomous truck developer TuSimple in his former role.
Separar los problemas de la comercialización de camiones autónomos es cada vez más difícil
The Wall Street Journal reports multiple federal probes of TuSimple’s China dealings after a watchdog set up oversight in February.
Driver-facing cameras are seen as intrusive and an invasion of privacy in the truck-driving community. Yet fleets are rapidly adopting them.
Small fleets make up 90% of the nation’s carriers. Waymo Via and C.H. Robinson used beer runs to familiarize them with autonomous trucking.
How is it that California, the world’s fifth-largest economy and the state most autonomous trucking startups call home, refuses to allow commercial testing of the technology?
Rusty Rush not only operates more truck dealerships than anyone on the planet, he also knows technology. And he has opinions on just about everything. So, buckle up. It’s Rush hour.
TuSimple told federal officials about the crash of one of its supervised autonomous trucks and temporarily grounded its fleet. But it neglected to inform its partner, Navistar.
TuSimple CEO Xiaodi Hou responded to a federal safety investigation that raised concerns about a potential setback to its driverless truck technology.
Nikola’s could keep adjourning its annual meeting as it pursues unvoted proxies to raise the number of authorized shares.
The management shakeup at TuSimple has become a full management house cleaning. Hyliion sees early benefits following Cummins’ partnership.
The feds released a first-time report aimed at developing a clearer picture of autonomous vehicle safety.
TuSimple co-founder Mo Chen launches Hydron, an autonomous trucking venture that would use hydrogen fuel to achieve zero emissions.
Waymo Via will reserve billions of miles of future autonomous trucking routes for digital load matching by Uber Freight.
Autonomous trucking startup Plus is making a scaled-back version of its autonomous trucking software available through upfitting.
TuSimple, the autonomous truck developer is delaying its purpose-built driverless truck to 2025 while slowing its roll in other areas.
CEO Brett Suma is optimistic about rolling out Loadsmith’s autonomous middle-mile offering between select origin and destination pairings.
Se espera que el número de camiones y autobuses automatizados crezca desde prácticamente cero este año hasta 1,2 millones en 2032, según un nuevo análisis de mercado de Guidehouse Insights. […]
Automated trucks and buses are expected to number 1.2 million annually by 2032 compared with about 1,000 in testing today.
Con un tercer socio, el transportista apuesta por la tecnología para paliar la escasez de conductores
U.S. Xpress is tripling down on autonomy, adding Kodiak Robotics to pilots with Embark Trucks and TuSimple.
Ever willing to try something new, Werner Enterprises teams aligns with Aurora Innovation on 600-mile supervised autonomous freight runs in Texas.
As robots take over for human drivers, will they raise or lower the risk of tire blowouts that claim dozens of lives in truck crashes every year?
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Startup Kodiak Robotics is the first to run regular autonomous loads to Oklahoma in a partnership with Ceva Logistics.
El área de ensamblaje, brillantemente iluminada, carece intencionadamente de los adornos de la fabricación pesada
In a century-old manufacturing complex where General Motors once built gears and axles, Waymo manufactures autonomous cars and trucks.
Nonbinding reservations from fleets hit 7,325 as 2021 revenues grow to $6.3 million
The second-biggest day of eating, autonomous truck routes here to stay, and Canada is open again, except in two places.
U.S. Xpress, which has deep autonomous trucking ties to TuSimple, adds Aurora as a second partner focused on exploring best driverless routes.
TuSimple says its autonomous trucking software is “feature complete” and it will expand driverless trucking beyond a pilot program.
Embark Trucks’ connection with Knight-Swift will lead to the installation of high-autonomy software by the end of 2022.
TuSimple advances its commercialization timetable for driverless trucking and adds intermodal freight for Union Pacific at the Port of Tucson in Arizona.
Truckload operator Werner Enterprises is an early evaluator of the latest powertrain technologies, including a hydrogen-powered Cummins engine.
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After years of work, TuSimple engineers and executives silently watched their autonomous semi take its maiden voyage without a driver.
Struggling for capacity: A briefing on fleet availability The holiday season in trucking traditionally sees lower driver activity due to the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The driver’s home time […]
La startup logra el santo grial del transporte autónomo
mostrando su “madurez comercial”
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.
The commercialization of autonomous vehicles is an all-hands-on-deck affair, requiring competitors to collaborate with each other.
Robot trucks have to sense when trouble lurks, such as an impatient motorist passing on the left — or the right — when they are trying to turn.
Intertwining zero emissions with autonomous trucking in California overlooks the benefits of driverless operation, TuSimple’s Jim Mullen says.
Autonomous trucking software developer Kodiak Robotics raises $125 million in new capital after passing on going public via SPAC.
Finding capacity and orchestrating communication along supply chains.
Redeploying drivers to get loads to and from transfer hubs promises huge savings, according to a Ryder System-funded study with Georgia Tech.
Aurora Innovation and Embark Trucks will soon join TuSimple Holdings as stocks betting on the future of driverless trucks.
The Plus supervised autonomy system differs Level 4 testing by competitors, but it puts some automated driving functions within reach of fleets faster.
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Former government safety officials now have investments and profits to keep in mind as they help their companies chart a course for autonomous vehicles.
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Does the search for a completely safe driverless truck mean that everything should wait for perfection? David Liu doesn’t think so.
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Fleet and logistics provider Ryder System Inc. follows TuSimple deal with a partnership with Waymo Via.
Autonomous truck software developer Embark Trucks is using Nvidia’s system on a chip for its plug-and-play autonomous system.
Autonomous trucks without human drivers are still years away, but Plus shows what is possible on an open road in China.
