Torc Robotics

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.