Technology

Embark Transportation advances plug-and-play software to take drivers out of trucks.

Supplier readiness is a key to Navistar and TuSimple achieving commercialization of a high-autonomy Class 8 truck in 2024.

Torc Robotics was the first AV startup to partner with a truck manufacturer since becoming part of Daimler Trucks in 2019. Torc CEO Michael Fleming says utilizing Daimler’s relationships with fleets is helpful in the race to launch the first market-ready self-driving truck.

Fetch and Körber’s solution provides safety, efficiency and flexibility.

Kodiak Robotics co-founder and CEO Don Burnette explains why the development of autonomous trucking is poised to leap from the experimentation phase to a viable commercial product during the Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit.

A patchwork of autonomous driving regulations at the state level are ready to move to a more coordinated effort at federal agencies, according to Plus’ Wiley Deck.

AEye’s pencil dot-sized LiDAR sensor can see a half-mile ahead and instantly switch to wide view of traffic cut ins.

“Instead of reinventing the wheel, we partnered with someone who is a leading player in that domain,” says Locus CEO Nishith Rastogi.

Mastercard and Verizon want to turn your smartphone into a cash register.

Commercialization and pace of growth are common themes among young companies seeking to lead in advanced technologies.

Talkshoplive and its embeddable player network received a huge boost with $6 million in funding.

IRIS is GEODIS’ eye-in-the-sky ocean and air shipments visibility platform for booking and managing exports in real time.

Federal regulators push for more data as automated trucking rolls from testing to reality.

Available in late 2021, the company’s card will allow drivers to facilitate transactions anywhere Visa is accepted.

Findings from a recent Spireon white paper survey, conducted in conjunction with FreightWaves, found that about 40% of carriers reported losing more than $500 per trailer per week in detention costs.

To tackle this bull market, ITF is adding automation to distribution and fulfillment, adding visibility to customer inventory.

Nowports aims to digitize supply chains from Asia to the Americas with $16 million in Series A funding.

Professional drivers help teach their robotic successors while evangelizing for the technology among truckers who feel threatened.

Regulators in China target two Full Truck Alliance apps in a cybersecurity investigation less than two weeks after the freight platform’s U.S. IPO.

“I think about the fact that if we fulfill this mission, the world is better off and not many opportunities have that.”