Morgan Stanley has initiated coverage of autonomous trucking company Aurora Innovation as the company prepares to begin commercial driverless operations in April.
Virginia-based Torc Robotics, an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, is entering 2025 with a revamped growth strategy focused on building out an autonomous hub in Texas while expanding its software footprint in Michigan.
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.
The FMCSA denied Waymo and Aurora’s roadside warning exemption, citing lack of data proving adequate safety of cab-mounted beacons.
Aurora, Continental and Nvidia recently announced a partnership at CES to deploy and manufacture driverless trucks at scale.
Safety and labor advocates won out over robotic trucking after the FMCSA rejected a request to replace traditional roadside warning devices with cab-mounted equipment.
Bankruptcy filings carry a stigma but sometimes the outcomes promise new life. Proterra might be one such story.
As public confidence in autonomous vehicles continues low, autonomous trucking developers are reeling in safety data from third-party experts.
How much influence could a $250 million purchases of 500 electric trucks have on establishing the value of used trucks?
Autonomous truck developers are trying to figure out what a proposed ban on Chinese components will mean to them.
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.
As electrification and infrastructure startups mature, banks get interested in lending money to help the best of them grow.
A name change to drop the word diesel from its title may have been the politically correct move. But diesel is not going anywhere.
Autonomous trucking pioneer Chris Urmson and relative latecomer Raquel Urtasun do not agree on how to apply AI in autonomous trucking.
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.
The potential energy and environmental gains from autonomous trucking are laid out in a new white paper from Aurora Innovation.
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 […]
The arcade game Whac-A-Mole describes state-by-state approach to rules of the driverless road while 50-state solution appears far off.
WattEV continues to roll up a lion’s share of federal infrastructure grants as it plots electric charging corridors
