Driverless truck startup Plus to list in $3.3 billion deal
Self-driving truck startup Plus agreed to merge with special purpose acquisition company Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V, becoming the...
Read MorePlus hires former FMCSA official Wiley Deck
Plus, a company specializing in self-driving truck technology, has appointed former federal official Wiley Deck to serve as vice president...
Read MoreTuSimple and Liberty Mutual Insurance partner to study the safety benefits of autonomous trucks
SAN DIEGO, May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — TuSimple (Nasdaq: TSP), a global self-driving technology company based in San Diego,...
Read MoreAutonomous trucking startup Einride raises $110M ahead of expansion into US
Einride, the Swedish startup known for its unusual-looking electric and autonomous pods that are designed to carry freight, has raised...
Read MoreAutomation is the future of trucking, but it’s not all about autonomous driving
Automation is regarded as the next great horizon for trucking. Experts predict swelling pressures on the supply chain in recent years will...
Read MoreThe race to build self-driving trucks has four horses and three jockeys
Over the last five years, as it’s become clear that self-driving cars will take longer than expected to arrive on most American streets,...
Read MoreDriverless truck startup Plus plans Hennessy SPAC deal
(Bloomberg) — Self-driving truck startup Plus is in talks to merge with special purpose acquisition company Hennessy Capital...
Read MorePlus, Cummins partner on self-driving CNG trucks
Self-driving truck technology company Plus announced a new initiative with engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. to develop what Plus called...
Read MoreVelodyne Lidar signs multi-year sales agreement with Gatik
Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR, VLDRW) today announced a multi-year sales agreement with Gatik, the industry leader in automating...
Read MoreHow this company has beaten Tesla with the world’s first autonomous electric truck
When asked which company was the first creating an autonomous electric freight truck, most people will be wrong. And when asked which...
Read MoreUhnder and Yunshan deliver digital radar to accelerate smart port automation
AUSTIN, Texas, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Uhnder, Inc., the leader in digital imaging radar technologies for automotive and...
Read MoreEmbark expands senior leadership team to commercialize self-driving trucks
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Embark Trucks, Inc., a leading developer of self-driving trucks, today announced a...
Read MorePlus and NVIDIA deal gives indications of our autonomous truck future
I’ve written before that autonomous vehicles will be one of the most powerful, most influential new technologies we see in our lifetimes....
Read MoreAutonomous-truck developer TuSimple plans driverless road test this year
Self-driving company TuSimple Holdings Inc. plans to test its autonomous trucks without backup drivers on public roads in Arizona later...
Read MoreAurora’s plan to catch Waymo in robot trucks, then taxis
On Feb. 11, about a month after closing on the acquisition of Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group, or ATG, the self-driving-car startup...
Read MoreIVECO signs Memorandum of Understanding with plus to develop autonomous trucks
IVECO, a brand of CNH Industrial N.V. and a pioneer in the commercialization and manufacturing of vehicles powered by alternative fuels,...
Read MoreAB InBev, Werner Enterprises to test Embark driverless truck technology
Embark, a start-up developing driverless truck technology, is partnering with Anheuser-Busch InBev, Werner Enterprises and other major...
Read MoreWhat will self-driving trucks mean for truck drivers?
“Last week, I put 73 hours in. You’re not getting home through the week,” Craig Hoodless says of his job behind the...
Read MoreSelf-driving truck startup TuSimple targets over $8 billion valuation in U.S. IPO
(Reuters) -Self-driving truck startup TuSimple Holdings Inc said on Wednesday it was targeting a valuation of more than $8 billion in its...
Read MoreDidi to enter automobile manufacturing business: Report
A range of Chinese media outlets reported on Tuesday that Didi Chuxing is expected to start its own automobile manufacturing business. One...
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