Walmart says “Game on” for driverless freight
Walmart has announced the start of truly driverless operations in their hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas beginning next year. This marks...
Read MoreLiDAR vision – Helping bring autonomous trucks to your neighborhood
“Truck-truckin’ down the highway Sittin’ in the cab of A ten ton machine” The rock group, Bread, came up with this song 7...
Read MorePony.ai given green light to have road tests of autonomous trucks in Guangzhou
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- On Dec. 16, Pony.ai received a permit from Guangzhou authority that allows the startup to test its autonomous trucks on...
Read MoreIn self-driving, Amazon invests while Walmart partners
Amazo AMZN +2.4%n and Walmart WMT -0.1%, two of the largest retailers in the world, each have a presence in the autonomous vehicle...
Read MoreWalmart will use fully driverless trucks to make deliveries in 2021
Walmart will use fully autonomous box trucks to make deliveries in Arkansas starting in 2021. The big-box retailer has been working with a...
Read MoreEinride’s next-generation ‘Pod’ promises NVIDIA-powered unmanned electric heavy freight
Einride, a Swedish company focusing on autonomous electric trucks, announced today that their next-generation Pod will use NVIDIA’s “Orin”...
Read MoreVelodyne Lidar announces autonomous driving collaboration with Ford Otosan
Velodyne Lidar, Inc. has announced that it is collaborating with Ford Otosan on product development and testing of autonomous heavy...
Read MoreAssembling the autonomous truck
Truck makers and tech startups continue to make progress in their pursuit of autonomous trucks, but moving this elusive technology past...
Read MoreFord Otosan and AVL continue their joint development of autonomous driving solutions with L4 Highway Pilot project
AVL and Ford Otosan take the next step in their long-term cooperation in the development of automated driving of trucks. Having...
Read MoreThe holidays – a time to be thankful for electric and autonomous vehicles
Transportation is Mobility and Mobility is freedom. That is my thankful wish for Electric and Autonomous Vehicles and the future of...
Read MoreA peek at Freightliner’s Gen2 autonomous future
I’ve seen the future. I even got to touch it. It looks like it has a spinal injury … and braces. I didn’t get to drive it, but I’m not...
Read MoreGatik’s self-driving box trucks to shuttle groceries for Loblaw in Canada
Gatik, the autonomous vehicle startup focused on the “middle mile,” is already using its self-driving box trucks to deliver customer...
Read MoreDriverless trucks are already on Texas roads with more to come
(TNS) — The age of self-driving 18-wheelers traveling on U.S. highways may be much closer than many people realize, and North Texas is...
Read MoreRobot truck startup TuSimple said to raise $350 million in biggest funding round to date
TuSimple, a startup that’s developing self-driving technology for heavy-duty trucks, has raised about $350 million in a Series E round...
Read More‘Nobody knows if driverless vehicles will save lives, but they’re guaranteed to kill jobs’
Lost your job? Suspect the industry that once employed you is dead? ‘Too old’ to retrain, or attend college? Desperate for something –...
Read MoreBlackBerry (BB) QNX software to boost Plus’self driving trucks
BlackBerry Limited BB recently announced that it has collaborated with a self-driving truck technology provider, Plus, to integrate its...
Read MoreGoodyear and TuSimplecollaborate on autonomous vehicle freight operations
AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ: GT) announced today a strategic...
Read MorePlus/FAW joint venture first to certify self-driving truck in China
Self-driving truck technology provider, Plus, has passed China’s national certification test and met all the key safety and...
Read MoreChinese autonomous truck startup Inceptio raises $120 mln from CATL, others
SHANGHAI: China’s Inceptio Technology, a startup developing self-driving trucks, said on Monday it has raised $120 million in its...
Read MoreCutting through the self-driving hype: A realistic view of an exciting opportunity
Earlier this year, AI analyst Emerj pointed out that despite the bullish public pronouncements of the auto industry CEOs, it is “still a...
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