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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.

TuSimple Holdings is following through on winding down its U.S. autonomous trucking business, laying off 150 more employees.

Uber Freight has more than 100 shipper companies lined up to run autonomous freight, but the capacity just doesn’t exist yet.

Who is leading, following, emerging or out of the game in autonomous trucking? Here’s an assessment of shifts among the players.

The saga of less-than-truckload carrier Yellow may be coming to a close based on reporting that Yellow’s senior vice president of sales told staff their last day would be this Friday, and that the carrier would file for bankruptcy on Monday.

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.

Losers among transportation startups are rapidly being defined, It will take longer to determine the winners.

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.

How confident is Kodiak Robotics of the safety of its autonomous system? How about cutting a sensor cable while the truck is running?

From a Netflix-worthy docudrama at TuSimple to dueling technology announcements, autonomous trucking took steps toward commercialization.

Small fleets make up 90% of the nation’s carriers. Waymo Via and C.H. Robinson used beer runs to familiarize them with autonomous trucking.

Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum has strong opinions on cabovers versus conventional trucks, fuel cells and other issues.

Lego bricks can help explain a lot of things, including a very messy supply chain. Penske Truck Leasing’s Paul Rosa got creative .

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.

The feds released a first-time report aimed at developing a clearer picture of autonomous vehicle safety.

Waymo Via will reserve billions of miles of future autonomous trucking routes for digital load matching by Uber Freight.