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Silicon Valley self-driving truck startup Kodiak and China Hesai lidar partner up

Posted on Mar 24, 2021 in News, Technology, Trucks

OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) – Silicon Valley self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics Inc and Shanghai-based lidar maker Hesai...

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A (virtual) test ride in a Waymo long-haul truck

Posted on Mar 24, 2021 in Perspective, Trucks

Earlier today, around 10 a.m. in Phoenix, a baby blue Peterbilt truck pulled onto a westbound lane of Interstate 10 southeast of the city....

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Embark and the Arizona Department of Transportation collaborate to promote safe navigation of work zones by autonomous trucks

Posted on Mar 24, 2021 in News, Trucks

SAN FRANCISCO and PHOENIX, March 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Embark and the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) have signed a...

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Robot truckmaker TuSimple files for Nasdaq IPO

Posted on Mar 23, 2021 in News, Trucks

TuSimple, a U.S.-Chinese developer of self-driving technology for commercial trucks, filed a registration to list shares in an initial...

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Torc Robotics selects Amazon for cloud computing

Posted on Mar 23, 2021 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Last month, Torc Robotics, a company developing autonomous trucks, decided to go with Amazon for its cloud computing needs. When I first...

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Canadian Tire and NuPort Robotics to commercialize Canada’s first automated heavy duty trucking technology

Posted on Mar 16, 2021 in Finance, News, Trucks

TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / March 11, 2021 / Canadian National retailer Canadian Tire Corporation (TSX:CTC.A)(TSX:CTC) and Toronto-based...

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SKF teams with Einride on AD truck operations

Posted on Mar 16, 2021 in News, Trucks

OEM bearing and seal manufacturer SKF has begun testing a self-driving electric truck in conjunction with Swedish developer Einride, to...

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TuSimple gets Shanghai’s nod to road test self-driving trucks

Posted on Mar 16, 2021 in News, Trucks

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Self-driving truck startup TuSimple has recently been granted the permit that allows its autonomous truck fleet to...

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Autonomy’s elephant in the room: Who’s liable when a self-driving truck causes a crash?

Posted on Mar 12, 2021 in Perspective, Trucks

Advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) have been widely adopted by motor carriers for collision mitigation, automatic cruise control, lane...

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Inceptio Technology launches self-developed autonomous trucking system ‘Xuanyuan’

Posted on Mar 11, 2021 in News, Technology, Trucks

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Inceptio Technology, a Chinese autonomous trucking startup focusing on line-haul freight shipping, announced on March...

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FMCSA Chief: Autonomous trucks mean ‘real and broad impacts on people’s livelihoods’

Posted on Mar 11, 2021 in Perspective, Trucks

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration isn’t sure when autonomous commercial trucks are coming, but its researchers are busily...

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Plus, Nvidia partner on next-gen autonomous trucking systems

Posted on Mar 9, 2021 in News, Technology, Trucks

Plus (formerly Plus.ai) announced it will equip the next generation of its autonomous truck driving system with the Nvidia Drive Orin...

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While eyeing a SPAC, Swedish autonomous EV company Einride nears $75 million in new funding

Posted on Mar 8, 2021 in Finance, News, Trucks

Swedish autonomous electric vehicle startup Einride is aiming to continue the momentum sparked by partnerships with Oatly and Lidl by...

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Sequoia-backed driverless truck startup seeks SPAC merger

Posted on Mar 8, 2021 in News, Trucks

Self-driving truck startup Plus is in advanced talks with a few special purpose acquisition companies for a merger, as it seeks to...

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Gatik to winterize self-driving box trucks through partnership with Ontario government

Posted on Mar 2, 2021 in Finance, News, Trucks

Gatik, a startup developing an autonomous vehicle stack for B2B short-haul logistics, today announced it has secured CAD$9 million (~$7.12...

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Pioneering 5G pilot to focus on advanced logistics

Posted on Feb 26, 2021 in News, Trucks

A ground-breaking pilot project, which will see pioneering 5G technology used in an operational automotive environment for the very first...

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Aurora acquires a second lidar company in push to bring self-driving trucks to the road

Posted on Feb 26, 2021 in News, Technology, Trucks

Aurora, the autonomous vehicle company that recently closed its acquisition of Uber’s self-driving subsidiary, has snapped up another...

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Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple plans to go public in March

Posted on Feb 25, 2021 in News, Trucks

Autonomous trucking company TuSimple Inc., which gained momentum with hundreds of millions of dollars in financing from Chinese investors...

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Dennis Mooney joins self-driving truck company Plus as Chief Platform Officer

Posted on Feb 25, 2021 in News, Trucks

CUPERTINO, Calif.–(Business Wire)–Plus (formerly Plus.ai), a leading company in self-driving truck technology, announced that...

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Torc Robotics selects AWS as preferred cloud provider for self-driving truck fleet

Posted on Feb 17, 2021 in News, Technology, Trucks

Torc Robotics has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS), Inc. as its preferred cloud provider to handle the scale and speed needed for data...

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