MicroVision acquired Luminar assets for $33 million, adding Iris and Halo LiDAR. The company’s strategy for commercial trucking includes insurance and safety savings.
Volvo Autonomous Solutions and DSV have started autonomous freight operations between Dallas and Houston. Volvo Autonomous Solutions, or VAS, is deploying its Autona/freight solution for DSV. The Autona/freight platform combines the Volvo VNL Autonomous truck with self-driving technology from partners Aurora and Waabi. The operations run between Aurora’s terminals in Dallas and Houston and integrate […]
Aurora and McLane launched driverless hauls in Texas after 280k-mile pilot with 100% on-time. Aurora and Volvo opened 200-mile route to Oklahoma City
Hirschbach Motor Lines plans to own 500 Aurora Driver-powered trucks as part of an expanded partnership that will let the Iowa carrier run a hybrid network
Four months after their January agreement, Kodiak and Bosch have moved to engineering execution. Kodiak is testing Bosch camera samples and has completed early SensorPod integrations.
The Houston company landed a 231-mile empty-cab run from Houston to Hutchins on time with zero humans or remote assistance.
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
The Self Drive Act of 2026 empowers the trucking sector by authorizing revenue-generating autonomous freight and relaxing federal crash-reporting requirements.
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
As technology outpaces federal regulations, litigation hurdles loom for self driving trucks
