A Kearney and MIT Mobility Initiative report says autonomous trucks cost $4 a mile in 2026 but match the cost of human-driven trucks in the US around 2028.
Aurora reported a $257 million operating loss on $3 million in revenue and cut its full-year forecast
DTL Transport signed a binding deal to put the Kodiak Driver in 75 trucks it owns and operates, starting on Dallas-El Paso and Dallas-Atlanta lanes Kodiak has tested.
Aurora Innovation signed a nonbinding MOU with Charger Logistics for up to 500 driverless trucks, adding to a carrier-owned pipeline Aurora needs to hit its 2030 targets.
FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival returns to Chattanooga next week, with sessions on AI adoption, autonomous trucking and the technologies reshaping freight operations taking center stage. The event, held Oct. 27-28 at The Signal at Chattanooga Choo Choo, will feature keynote presentations, fireside chats, technology demonstrations and discussions about how companies are applying new […]
A month after agreeing to build its next Einride Driver on Nvidia Hyperion, Einride said it will adapt Alpamayo to its trucks, routes and data, with a road evaluation set for 2027.
Waabi says its Dallas-Houston commercial load volume is up more than 80% this year, and Warrior Logistics is now running routine customer freight on the corridor
Bot Auto will put Lenovo’s AD1 domain controller in its driverless Class 8 trucks starting in Q1 2027, part of a push toward 1 billion autonomous miles by 2031
Kodiak AI and cross-border carrier Charger Logistics are hauling CPG and food and beverage freight between Dallas and Laredo, Texas, with driverless operations planned after the safety case.
Investors and partners kept asking AV trucking companies how they would handle warning triangles. FMCSA’s five-year exemption answers that through October 2031
Einride has two cabless electric trucks running daily for EASE Logistics in Ohio, a test case for whether autonomy can absorb unplanned short-haul freight.
PlusAI’s merger with Texas Ventures Acquisition III values the autonomous trucking developer at $800 million, with $60 million committed ahead of a vote.
CEO Karin Rådström said the integrated setup differentiates Daimler Truck from every other player, as its Freightliner and Western Star brands hold 37.8% of the Class 8 market.
Kodiak’s first unsupervised long-haul service will carry IKEA goods between Houston and Dallas later this year, after 750,000 autonomous miles with an observer in the seat.
Aurora plans to exit 2026 with 200 driverless trucks and wants 30,000 by 2030. Werner, one of its driverless customers, said the economics only work once scale brings costs down.
Kodiak plans driverless highway runs by year-end. First it needs roadside inspectors to clear a truck with nobody in the cab
The Teamsters’ lawsuit targets rules the California DMV began drafting in 2021. Permit applications keep moving while the challenge works its way through the courts.
Bot Auto will staff its remote assistance operators exclusively with U.S. personnel, staking out ground a Senate investigation of robotaxi operators left wide open.
AMD said Kodiak AI is the first autonomous trucking company to deploy its advanced EPYC processors, extending the chipmaker’s push into physical AI workloads.
Gatik runs dozens of driverless trucks today and wants thousands. A $200 million Series D led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies funds the jump.
