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School buses qualify for a lot of incentives to go electric, but are the vouchers and grants enough to make a difference?

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

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

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

Trucking safety advocates are at odds with corporate-backed attempts at implementing a roadside safety exemption for autonomous trucks. For those unaware, current regulations require drivers to use three emergency reflective triangles, or at least six fusees or three liquid-burning road flares, if they stop on the road for reasons other than traffic.

Truck safety advocates and labor are at odds with big business over a request to loosen regulations for driverless trucks.

Kodiak Robotics was shooting for easier maintenance of its autonomous trucks but it made them appear more normal in the process.

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

TuSimple plans driverless trucking on a commercial basis in Arizona next year – without a manufacturing partner.

Federal guidance from 2019 suggested driverless trucks could skip electronic logging devices. Will that hold up?

Nikola customers will test Plus autonomy on the startup’s battery and fuel cell electric trucks this year and make it standard in 2024.

As valuations of SPAC-backed startups plummet, one autonomous trucking developer that avoided the FOMO and stayed private is thriving.

It is pretty much acknowledged across the trucking industry that a consolidation of players in autonomous trucking is coming.

Autonomous trucking language can be a little off-putting to the uninitiated. One exception may be the term “feature complete.”

From a Netflix-worthy docudrama at TuSimple to dueling technology announcements, autonomous trucking took steps toward commercialization.

Uber Freight and Volvo Autonomous Solutions are stressing patience over hype in working to digitally schedule loads for the truckmaker’s one-stop shop for all things autonomy.

The breakup with Navistar is a big deal for autonomous truck developer TuSimple, but its balance sheet could limit reputational damage.

The approach of Cummins Inc. to hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines is very different from how and when it talks about most of its products.

Separar los problemas de la comercialización de camiones autónomos es cada vez más difícil

The Wall Street Journal reports multiple federal probes of TuSimple’s China dealings after a watchdog set up oversight in February.