Daimler Trucks is moving closer to its goal of commercially producing Level 4 autonomous trucks with public road testing in Virginia.
It is the first time a transportation and logistics provider has invested in an autonomous trucking company.
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The first-ever AV certificate program for truck drivers comes as the industry seeks to allay concerns about technology displacing human drivers.
Daimler Trucks is betting big on autonomous trucks, as the German-based company announced Wednesday, May 29, that it is establishing a global group that seeks to put highly automated commercial trucks on U.S. highways within the next 10 years.
Autonomous trucks will haul postal agency trailers between distribution centers in Phoenix, Arizona and Dallas, Texas.
The autonomous truck company announced a new vision system that will allow vehicles to operate at night and in low light environments.
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Ike CEO Alden Woodrow and TuSimple chief product officer Chuck Price discuss the value of being the first company to bring a fully autonomous truck to market, the trucking hardware challenge and how to get buy-in from the public and regulators.
The company will use the investment to grow its commercial autonomous fleet.
“We’re doing this with real commercial shippers and real cargo,”
TuSimple, a Chinese autonomous truck technology startup that is backed by Nvidia with offices in San Diego, has raised an additional $55 million in venture capital.
Graphics processing unit (GPU) manufacturer Nvidia has invested into automated trucking company TuSimple, TechCrunch reports.
