International LT trucks powered by PlusAI’s SuperDrive 6.0 are hauling real Ryder freight on the construction-heavy Temple-to-Laredo run. Early results: 100% on-time delivery and 92% autonomous coverage.
Kodiak AI completed its first autonomous trucking tests outside the Sun Belt on Interstate 70, showcasing Level 4 capabilities with Ohio and Indiana officials and DriveOhio.
A parts dispute between Stellantis and ZF Chassis Modules has idled a Mexico assembly plant and threatened disrupting a facility in Windsor, Ontario.
Self-driving trucks could deliver major savings across the more than $1 trillion U.S. trucking industry, according to a new report commissioned by Aurora Innovation and conducted by the Steer Group. The analysis projects $9 billion in annual consumer savings, account for $70 billion in gross domestic product and nearly 500 lives saved per year by […]
The future of driverless trucking lies through not software but on how to produce them at scale. That’s according to newly released research by Telemetry, a communications and research firm heavily invested in the space. FreightWaves spoke with Sam Abuelsamid, Telemetry’s vice president of market research and David Liu, CEO and co-founder of PlusAI about […]
PlusAI released SuperDrive 6.0, adding night driving and construction-zone handling to autonomous trucking software. Trucks are already hauling loads in Texas, with 24/7 operations now in reach.
Torc Robotics is taking its autonomous trucks where few competitors have ventured: the snow, ice and rain of Michigan’s humid continental climate. The Daimler Truck subsidiary announced it will expand public-road testing to the greater Ann Arbor area using the latest-generation autonomous chassis based on the Freightliner Cascadia. This marks a first and strategic departure […]
Full ACT Expo 2026 speaker lineup announced: Incoming FedEx Freight CEO John Smith opens May 4 in Las Vegas. Nearly 400 executives include Rivian, Mack Trucks, Tesla, Waabi, Aurora and Amazon.
IKEA is using autonomous delivery vehicles to ferry goods from a warehouse to a local store to reduce wait times and transportation costs.
Einride raised $113 million in an oversubscribed PIPE that surpassed its $100 million target, bringing total committed investments to $213 million and positioning the Swedish company for a 2026 NYSE debut under the ticker ENRD.
Harbinger has bought Phantom AI and signed a licensing agreement with ZF’s passenger-car ADAS unit, marking the California company’s first move into software and advanced driver assistance for commercial vehicles.
Bot Auto has partnered with Ryan Transportation to launch driverless autonomous freight operations between Houston and Dallas this spring. Overnight runs will overcome driver fatigue and hours-of-service limits with precision autonomous technology.
“It’s easier to go to the moon than build an autonomous truck,” says AMD’s Rehan Tahir. From sleeper-bunk servers to embedded AI brains, here’s how trucking tech evolved in record time.
Oversubscribed round led by Khosla and G2 catapults Toronto startup into robotaxi race with massive Uber deal
Autonomous truck tech company achieves commercial milestone with revenue-generating operations in multiple states
CEO David Liu outlines path to 2026 trading debut, leadership additions
Early rollout driven by customer demand gives McLeod users immediate access to Aurora Driver capacity
Event expands focus on digital technologies alongside zero-emission vehicles
As technology outpaces federal regulations, litigation hurdles loom for self driving trucks
Deal with world’s largest automotive supplier aims to integrate specialized hardware for factory and upfit installations
Lior Ron details why point-to-point operations, OEM-blessed hardware and rapid AI advances pave the way to future deployments
Revised DMV rules pave the way for heavy-duty driverless vehicles, balancing safety concerns with the push for innovation.
Innoviz Technologies deal integrates short-range sensors with Torc’s virtual driver, part of Daimler Truck’s broader strategy to bring its autonomous trucks to market
30 autonomous trucks to haul proppants nonstop on public roads in deal with Detmar Logistics
Scania & Plus SuperDrive power Matt Jones’ world-first jump between two moving autonomous trucks requiring superhuman precision
Boston startup emerges from stealth with world’s first commercial terahertz vision chip that delivers 20x radar resolution while seeing clearly through fog, rain and snow
Transaction valued at $1.8 billion for Swedish autonomous and electric truck technology company
Milestone establishes new transparency, insurability, and operational accountability standards for driverless truck insurance
Partnership expansion includes 100 redundant steering units, integrating innovations like ReAX for fail-safe operations.
Partnership will use PlusAI’s SuperDrive technology, NVIDIA Drive AGX Hyperion platform on a factory built International truck
In a world where autonomous trucks navigate chaotic highways, a new benchmark reveals that machines can drive as safely as the best humans—without the coffee breaks.
With the integration milestone complete, both companies are now looking toward the next steps—broader commercial deployment in the near future.
Aurora’s Q3 review highlights over 100,000 driverless miles on Texas roads, a new El Paso freight lane and Phoenix expansion plans for 2026.
A regulatory green light for high-tech roadside safety beacons is seen as a breakthrough for the widespread commercial adoption of autonomous trucking.
Kodiak AI debuts on Nasdaq with $2.5B valuation after securing over $275M in funding. CEO Don Burnette sees 2025 as inflection point for autonomous trucking deployment.
Outrider secures SOC 2 Type 2 attestation, validating the security for its AI-powered autonomous yard operations amid rising cyber threats.
Sweden-based freight tech innovator Einride has raised $100 million to accelerate the deployment of its autonomous and electric freight solutions while expanding its global footprint. The funding round drew participation from existing investors, including EQT Ventures, a West Coast-based asset manager, and a strategic investment from quantum computing leader IonQ, signaling strong confidence in the […]
Swedish startup Einride completes world’s first cabless, electric autonomous truck border crossing from Sweden to Norway without a human driver.
Gatik’s major expansion of its partnership with Loblaw, Canada’s largest retailer, deploys 50 autonomous trucks across Loblaw’s Greater Toronto Area network by 2026.
Bot Auto announces autonomous trucking milestone with its first driverless hub-to-hub run in Houston, operating without any human presence or remote aid.
Kodiak Robotics has delivered its first factory-built autonomous truck, upfitted by Roush Industries, to Atlas Energy Solutions. The partnership aims to scale production to hundreds by 2026.
International and PlusAI launch autonomous truck trials on Texas’ I-35 corridor, aiming for full driverless operations by 2027 with Traton’s support.
Torc Robotics teams with Edge Case to enhance safety case development for Level 4 autonomous trucks.
Aurora announced Thursday it has partnered with McLeod Software to develop the industry’s first integration between autonomous trucks and a mainstream transportation management system.
Kodiak Robotics, an autonomous vehicle technology maker, has integrated NXP Semiconductors’ automotive processors and in-vehicle networking interfaces to enhance the performance and reliability of its autonomous trucking system. The partnership, announced Wednesday, integrates NXP’s automotive solutions into the Kodiak Actuation Control Engine (ACE). ACE is Kodiak’s custom-built computer that manages vehicle actuation or, more simply, […]
The Trump administration wants feedback from technology developers with the goal of getting the public to accept autonomous cars and trucks.
Waabi names ex-Uber Freight CEO Lior Ron as COO, gearing up for driver-out milestone and scaling operations with major partners.
PlusAI announced a partnership with Goodyear to use tire sensors for real-time data on health, road conditions and friction, aiming to optimize its SuperDrive virtual driver ahead of 2027 launch.
Waabi’s new mixed reality testing system blends physical tracks with virtual scenarios, allowing autonomous trucks to safely face unlimited dangers via generative AI.
Aurora Innovation announced an expansion of its driverless fleet to three trucks, surpassing 20,000 driverless miles by June’s end. The company opened a Phoenix terminal and expanded nighttime driving from Dallas to Houston.
Gatik announced its next-generation simulation platform called Gatik Arena. The platform is designed to help the autonomous truck technology maker accelerate the development and validation of its autonomous vehicle systems.
Aeva, a maker of next-generation 4D LiDAR systems, announced on Tuesday a strategic collaboration with LG Innotek, an affiliate of LG Group, which will serve as a manufacturing partner. The partnership will help to bring Aeva’s technology to the mass market for both commercial and passenger vehicles. The partnership includes a $50 million strategic investment […]
A California Republican has taken action on a regulatory framework that would pave the way for fully autonomous trucks.
Bot Auto and Steves & Sons, a leader in door manufacturing and millwork have announced a strategic partnership to utilize autonomous trucks to haul freight.
Fernride has become the first European company to operate terminal tractors without safety drivers while generating commercial revenue. The autonomous yard deployment is in the Estonian seaport of Muuga at HHLA TK Estonia terminal near Tallinn, Estonia’s capital.
The autonomous yard truck turf war in the trailer yard is heating up with Outrider recently announcing it has developed the industry’s first safety system designed specifically for driverless movement in mixed traffic trailer yards.
Vay and Kodiak Robotics announced a strategic partnership integrating Vay’s remote driving technology into Kodiak’s autonomous technology stack. The collaboration introduces Kodiak’s Assisted Autonomy, enabling human operators to remotely control trucks in complex scenarios.
Kodiak Robotics announced it has selected Roush Industries as its manufacturing partner to scale the upfitting of trucks equipped with the Kodiak Driver autonomous system. Starting in the second half of 2025, Roush will begin upfitting these autonomous trucks at its facility in Livonia, Michigan.
Aurora has partnered with On the Road Garage, a transportation workforce development provider to launch an apprenticeship and upskilling initiative to prepare workers for the new demands required by autonomous vehicles.
Autonomous trucking company Plus will go public via merger with Churchill Capital Corp IX.
Roozbeh Charll, Einride’s CFO, will take over as CEO. The leadership shuffle comes as the company considers an IPO in the U.S.
A U.S. senator wants to cut through red tape that’s keeping driverless cars and trucks from commercial viability.
Humans are back in the driverless driver’s seat but only as window dressing, according to a recent update from Aurora Innovation.
Waabi CEO Raquel Urtasun says autonomous truck developers should show their safety data rather than make opaque claims about their safety.
Kansas-based Kalmar Ottawa recently announced the Kalmar Ottawa AutoTT, an autonomous terminal tractor designed to operate in distribution centers, container terminals and industrial yards.
The company’s autonomous freight service, operating without a human driver onboard, is now making regular deliveries between Dallas and Houston.
Daimler Truck North America is delivering its latest flagship on-highway trucks to the autonomous testing fleet of Torc Robotics, a subsidiary of Daimler Truck. The trucks are based on the recently unveiled fifth-generation Freightliner Cascadia.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is partially funding an $8.8 million project promoting adoption of autonomous truck platooning technology in the Midwest.
Parallel Systems says its autonomous electric railcars will begin testing on two Georgia railroads this month.
Kodiak Robotics announced Monday it has entered into an agreement with Ares Acquisition Corp. II, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company.
Gatik, a leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, said Monday it has reached a milestone toward its development of driverless trucks at scale. The company announced the successful review of two major pillars of its safety assessment framework, with independent assessment from TÜV SÜD, a globally recognized testing and certification organization. This is a crucial step […]
Aurora Innovation recently released its Driverless Safety Report, laying out its road map for deploying its self-driving trucks on public highways.
Plus, an AI-based autonomous trucking software provider, and Tier IV, the world’s first open-source software for autonomous driving, announced a partnership to develop autonomous driving solutions in Japan.
Bloomberg reports that Ares Acquisition Corp. II is in advanced talks to merge with Kodiak Robotics, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Morgan Stanley has initiated coverage of autonomous trucking company Aurora Innovation as the company prepares to begin commercial driverless operations in April.
Autonomous trucking company Bot Auto announced its plans to schedule continuous driverless commercial freight operations in 2025.
WattEV recently announced an agreement with Tesla for the delivery of 40 Semis in 2026, with two of the heavy-duty electric trucks coming this year.
Anthony Levandowski’s startup Pronto has announced an agreement with Heidelberg Materials to deploy its Autonomous Haulage System on over 100 trucks worldwide over the next three years.
A market intelligence report by global supply chain automation analysts at Interact Analysis forecasts that growth in the mobile robot market will dip over the next two years.
Autonomous yard operations leader Outrider recently announced an industry-first deployment of advanced reinforcement learning (RL) techniques across its customer sites.
Autonomous truck maker Aurora Innovation Inc. is suing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration after the agency denied its request for a five-year exemption from the placement of roadside warning devices in favor of cab-mounted warning beacons.
Reverse stock splits offer an immediate – if artificial – benefit to companies struggling with low stock prices. But they rarely work out long term.
Animus between co-founders of TuSimple is playing out in courts across the US with a proposed liquidation the latest salvo.
As public confidence in autonomous vehicles continues low, autonomous trucking developers are reeling in safety data from third-party experts.
A new study projecting adoption of hydrogen internal combustion engines over the next decade suggests modest adoption.
Xiaodi Hou was cast as a villain in the decline into irrelevance of autonomous trucking developer TuSimple. He sees it differently.
The lanes are getting longer for autonomous trucks and the promise of greater profitability is predicted to follow.
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.
J.B. Hunt and autonomous truck maker Kodiak Robotics have executed more than 50,000 accident-free miles on a long-haul lane between Bridgestone facilities.
Kodiak Robotics is delaying commercial on-highway driverless trucks to focus on autonomy in the Permian Basin.
James Taylor will take his second run at leading a commercial electric truck company as the new CEO of Bollinger Motors.
Uber Freight and Aurora Innovation have launched a subscription program making it easier for carriers in the Uber Freight network to invest in autonomous assets.
Waabi has raised $200 million in an oversubscribed Series B round, led by Uber and Khosla Ventures, the company announced. Waabi plans to launch fully driverless trucks in Texas by 2025.
A newsier-than-typical Advanced Clean Transportation Expo featured the first appearance by Tesla and a single stage gathering of legacy OEMs.
The potential energy and environmental gains from autonomous trucking are laid out in a new white paper from Aurora Innovation.
Autonomous trucking regulation is already a state-by-state issue. In California, it may become a community-by-community matter.
After numerous rides in autonomous trucks monitored by safety drivers in case of a mishap, I found it almost surreal to climb into Aurora Innovation’s Class 8 driverless truck, buckle up, hear the engine rumble to life and the air brakes disengage, and feel the truck move under its own power — with no one […]
Navistar has announced it will partner with Plus to integrate its autonomous driving technology into Navistar’s vehicles.
The arcade game Whac-A-Mole describes state-by-state approach to rules of the driverless road while 50-state solution appears far off.
