Self-driving technology company Aurora said it will deploy a Toyota Sienna autonomous vehicle in rideshare service in the next six months.
Three years after winning an exemption to use cameras instead of ungainly outside mirrors on semi-trucks, Stoneridge Inc. is winning over fleets.
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Kodiak Robotics claims the best autonomous trucking software. But the startup trails the sector’s big names in both money and partners.
Microchip shortages and skyrocketing commodity prices make it unlikely that any of the 33,500 new Class 8 trucks ordered in April will be built this year.
With TuSimple going public by IPO, a new report says rival autonomous trucking software developer Plus will soon follow via SPAC.
Less-than-truckload carrier Yellow announced it is taking delivery of the next wave of equipment, which has been facilitated by the CARES Act loan it received in 2020.
The U.S. must help secure domestic semiconductor manufacturing, truck manufacturers tell the Biden administration.
PACCAR siblings Kenworth and Peterbilt regularly yield the spotlight to each other when it comes to product reveals.
Kenworth spent five years preparing a new range of medium-duty trucks, its first all-new lineup in three decades.
There continue to be concerns about when these new orders will be prepared, as many truck manufacturers continue to deal with semiconductor shortages.
Last of major trucking companies to pick an autonomous technology partner, Volvo Group chooses Aurora after three years of quiet collaboration.
Waymo is leveraging software lessons from its autonomous ride-hailing pilots to Class 8 trucks, applying fifth-generation software that debuted on a Jaguar.
Kenworth delivered two natural gas-powered T680 hybrid electric trucks to a fleet for drayage testing in California. They are the first and likely the last.
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Fresh from its takeover of Uber ATG in December, autonomous vehicle company Aurora has signed an agreement with heavy-duty truck manufacturer PACCAR (NASDAQ: PCAR) to commercialize autonomous Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks. This collaboration, the latest in the series of deals between self-driving vehicle technology companies and OEMs, will integrate the Aurora Driver and PACCAR’s autonomous […]
Toyota is using the next-generation fuel cell that powers its 2021 Mirai passenger car in production-intent Kenworth trucks for internal testing as it begins handing off the earlier-generation fuel cells for customer demonstrations.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, Swift Transportation founder Jerry Moyes has taken over as CEO of less-than-truckload carrier Central Freight Lines. Plus, XPO has made the decision to split the company into separate businesses, and FreightWaves’ SpaceWaves event focuses on the logistics of space exploration.
