Autonomous Freight

The autonomous industry’s losing streak is growing as Teamsters-backed legislation passes committee after committee in California.

Capital markets that have been freezing out mobility startups may be thawing with Aurora Innovation raising $820 million in new funding.

Kodiak Robotics and Drivewyze are working with Texas authorities to make it easier for autonomous trucks to bypass weigh stations.

After months of turmoil and an inability to regain meaningful momentum, TuSimple looks at selling its U.S. operations.

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

The California State Assembly voted 54-3 to ban autonomous trucks without safety drivers from the state’s roadways.

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.

Kodiak Robotics bought a Peterbilt Model 579EV to marry its autonomous system with electric propulsion. It is using the truck in testing.

Tracking trailer inventory was always part of Outrider’s autonomous distribution yard plan. Now, it is happening.

Aurora Innovation and Continental AG are partnering to build the Aurora Driver autonomous hardware to scale for the U.S. in 2027

Predictive maintenance analytics for autonomous trucks could provide a reverse benefit for human-driven trucks.

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

Aurora Innovation says being “feature complete” on its autonomous truck software puts it on target for driverless runs in 2024.

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.

Autonomous trucking runs are getting longer and more frequent as Kodiak Robotics and Forward Air begin thrice-weekly Dallas-to-Atlanta roundtrips.

TuSimple co-founder Xiaodi Hou says his ouster was retaliation for failing to support a pay package for the rehired CEO whom he replaced.

Gatik will move grocery loads autonomously from Kroger’s Dallas distribution center to its area grocery stores, starting with safety drivers.