Torc Robotics Mila partnership advances physical AI for autonomous trucking. Torc is now Mila’s only autonomous trucking company with dedicated research space in Montreal.
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 […]
Innoviz Technologies deal integrates short-range sensors with Torc’s virtual driver, part of Daimler Truck’s broader strategy to bring its autonomous trucks to market
Torc Robotics teams with Edge Case to enhance safety case development for Level 4 autonomous trucks.
The Northwest Seaport Alliance recently announced its first-ever incentive program for zero-emission truck and charging deployment in the Puget Sound region. Zeem Solutions was selected as the subrecipient of the program after a competitive bidding process.
Vay and Kodiak Robotics announced a strategic partnership integrating Vay’s remote driving technology into Kodiak’s autonomous technology stack. The collaboration introduces Kodiak’s Assisted Autonomy, enabling human operators to remotely control trucks in complex scenarios.
Daimler Truck North America is delivering its latest flagship on-highway trucks to the autonomous testing fleet of Torc Robotics, a subsidiary of Daimler Truck. The trucks are based on the recently unveiled fifth-generation Freightliner Cascadia.
WattEV recently announced an agreement with Tesla for the delivery of 40 Semis in 2026, with two of the heavy-duty electric trucks coming this year.
After years of hype, autonomous trucking providers have begun to deliver on the promise of driverless operations, with companies touting plans for commercial uses.
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.
The Freudenberg Group makes a lot of different products, from candy coatings to heavy-duty electric truck and bus batteries.
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.
Using off-the-shelf technologies, Daimler Truck created a demonstration autonomous truck that runs on batteries instead of diesel.
Hyliion is getting a second chance to make a viable business with its Karno technology that could help generate a buyer for the company.
Ryder System is leasing space at a Houston maintenance facility to Kodiak Robotics for driverless truck operations.
Three companies departed autonomous trucking in 2023 as Aurora Innovation, Kodiak Robotics and Torc Robotics staked leadership claims.
The financial freezeout of startups by investors may be thawing as FOMU — the fear of messing up — begins to subside.
Torc Robotics has the autonomous truck nearly ready. Now comes the hard work of making a business from it.
Who is leading, following, emerging or out of the game in autonomous trucking? Here’s an assessment of shifts among the players.
The timing in promoting its growing patent portfolio could suggest TuSimple is trying to find a buyer for its U.S. business.
The governor of California appears to favor supporting autonomous trucking technology over labor objections.
The future of Waymo Via had been whispered about for months after parent Alphabet Inc. cut thousands of jobs across the company earlier this year.
The autonomous industry’s losing streak is growing as Teamsters-backed legislation passes committee after committee in California.
Torc Chief Strategy Officer Andrew Culhane chats with FreightWaves’ Thomas Wasson in this Enterprise Fleet Summit fireside chat about the strategies used to integrate new technologies.
Losers among transportation startups are rapidly being defined, It will take longer to determine the winners.
Once the flywheel that is electric trucks gets spinning, there will be no slowing it down. But as former college football coach Lee Corso is fond of saying on ESPN Gameday: “Not so fast, my friend.” Taking it easy on electric trucks A wire cage inside the Peterbilt assembly plant in Denton, Texas, allows entry […]
Driverless trucks have special needs that only humans can perform at terminals where they will drop and hook loads.
TuSimple plans driverless trucking on a commercial basis in Arizona next year – without a manufacturing partner.
Volvo Group’s CampX has ushered 50 startups through its accelerator. Now it is adding an incubator for early stage startups.
What does it mean to have a former Daimler Truck executive in charge of Torc Robotics? Experience guides a big mission focus
Microsoft Corp. is reportedly near an investment in Gatik, the middle-mile autonomous trucking startup.
From a Netflix-worthy docudrama at TuSimple to dueling technology announcements, autonomous trucking took steps toward commercialization.
The breakup with Navistar is a big deal for autonomous truck developer TuSimple, but its balance sheet could limit reputational damage.
It is not exactly a fundraising round, but Kodiak Robotics is generating $49.9 million in autonomous work for the U.S. Army
FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell chats with Torc Robotics analyst Frank Mabry about his company’s vision for autonomous trucking.
Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum has strong opinions on cabovers versus conventional trucks, fuel cells and other issues.
TuSimple told federal officials about the crash of one of its supervised autonomous trucks and temporarily grounded its fleet. But it neglected to inform its partner, Navistar.
Daimler Truck is exerting greater influence over independent subsidiary Torc Robotics by bringing in its own CEO.
Los recorridos en Texas con camiones supervisados para el gigante de las flotas comienzan esta semana
Schneider is joining fleets testing highway autonomy, starting commercial pilots in supervised Aurora Innovation trucks this week.
Is a bigger battery on wheels the best way to make autonomous trucks more efficient? Solo Advanced Vehicle Technologies thinks so.
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Se espera que el número de camiones y autobuses automatizados crezca desde prácticamente cero este año hasta 1,2 millones en 2032, según un nuevo análisis de mercado de Guidehouse Insights. Se prevé que la cuota de mercado global alcance algo más del 19% en 2032. China liderará el mercado con una cuota del 38,5%. Se […]
Automated trucks and buses are expected to number 1.2 million annually by 2032 compared with about 1,000 in testing today.
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El área de ensamblaje, brillantemente iluminada, carece intencionadamente de los adornos de la fabricación pesada
In a century-old manufacturing complex where General Motors once built gears and axles, Waymo manufactures autonomous cars and trucks.
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As part of Daimler Truck, Torc Robotics faces less pressure than some startups to get driverless trucks to market.
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After moving packages for UPS in converted Chrysler Pacificas, Waymo Via is applying its latest autonomous system to Class 8 trucks in Texas.
In the disruptive world of autonomous trucking, TuSimple says it has to haul freight to prove the technology works.
Waymo autonomous truck engineering lead Boris Sofman makes the case that a decade of self-driving car efforts blazed the path to driverless trucks.
Lidar startups are selling their wares to autonomous vehicles and other businesses, hedging their bets to survive in an overpopulated field.
Does the search for a completely safe driverless truck mean that everything should wait for perfection? David Liu doesn’t think so.
Autonomous truck software developer Embark Trucks is using Nvidia’s system on a chip for its plug-and-play autonomous system.
Experiencing the view from the passenger seat of a PlusDrive-equipped truck navigating a northern California rush hour.
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Torc Robotics was the first AV startup to partner with a truck manufacturer since becoming part of Daimler Trucks in 2019. Torc CEO Michael Fleming says utilizing Daimler’s relationships with fleets is helpful in the race to launch the first market-ready self-driving truck.
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The costs of keeping up with four engine technologies and the pace of self-driving trucks push rival truck manufacturers into partnerships.
Autonomous trucking startup Plus is beginning production of Level 4 software this year as it works toward 10 billion miles of on-road testing.
Waymo is leveraging software lessons from its autonomous ride-hailing pilots to Class 8 trucks, applying fifth-generation software that debuted on a Jaguar.
As a love affair with electric vehicle companies fades, self-driving truck startups appear to be the new courtship objects of blank check companies.
Roger Nielsen will need a new outlet for his electric and driverless truck passion as the Daimler Trucks North America CEO retires after a 35-year career.
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In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, a proposal to detect drug use through hair testing faces an uphill climb in the Biden administration. Plus, Mississippi mulls a truck parking solution, and the Postal Service is raising rates.
Torc Robotics gets millions of gigabytes of data in testing self-driving trucks for Daimler AG. Now it wants Amazon Web Services to make faster sense of it.
Daimler Trucks continues to build out autonomous expertise with a partnership and investment in LiDAR maker Luminar
While startups announce deployment tests of highly autonomous trucks, Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics are unapologetic about their deliberative approach..
Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics are expanding autonomous driving tests on new routes, plus the outlook for diesel prices remains stable, coronavirus to hit Apple earnings and the Dairy Farmers of America may have saved the day.
North America propped up Daimler Trucks sales and earnings in 2019 as lower European and Asian volume, along with restructuring costs and settling emissions-cheating allegations dragged the industry leader’s results lower.
Kenworth skipped the fanfare in showing its Class 8 autonomous truck for the first time ar CES 2020.
Peter Voorhoeve recently passed his first anniversary as president of Volvo Trucks North America after five years running Volvo Group’s (OTC: VLVLY) Australian operations. During his brief tenure, Volvo’s market share is down nearly a percentage point. But he isn’t sweating it. “For me, market share is a result, not an objective,” Voorhoeve said in […]
Daimler Trucks is moving closer to its goal of commercially producing Level 4 autonomous trucks with public road testing in Virginia.
Daimler Trucks is buying a majority stake in Torc Robotics, another play in the company’s efforts to expand its presence in the self-driving commercial vehicle market.
