In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, at least one analyst believes the truckload sector is ready to run. Plus, Amazon drones are set to fly and why Dallas is now the center of the autonomous world.
Waymo joins a growing number of driverless tech firms locating facilities or freight operations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including Aurora, Nuro, Kodiak Robotics and TuSimple.
Former Uber executive Anthony Levandowski was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty in March to one count of stealing Google trade secrets.
Federal prosecutors have recommended a 27-month prison sentence for Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Uber’s self-driving division, as well as three years of supervised release.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, fleets looking for excess insurance coverage are paying top dollar; Landstar projects a strong Q3; and Waymo will test autonomous vehicles in the last mile.
Waymo is the exclusive technology partner for implementing self-driving technology across Fiat Chrysler’s full product portfolio.
A $750 million external investment this week comes as an extension to Waymo’s $2.25 billion financing earlier in March.
Waymo announced that it will stop driver-monitored self-driving taxi services in Phoenix, Arizona. However, truly autonomous taxis will continue to function.
Spike in demand for household essentials; Chinese manufacturers suffer under virus attack; H&M opening up its supply chain.
UPS partners with Waymo for delivery; Coronavirus could decline Chinese production; research breakout in fuel cell technology
Waymo is now testing self-driving trucks on highways in Texas and New Mexico, plus Rhode Island budgets shortfall in truck toll revenue and House committee chairman tries to restart infrastructure talks.
Plus: Waymo goes to Paris; 12% of Americans responsible for two-thirds of all airline emissions.
Anthony Levandowski, a star engineer at Google and Uber, is charged with 33 counts of theft and attempted theft in a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday, August 27.
Pilot in partnership with Gatik will run robovans on a two-mile route between a distribution center and retail store in Arkansas.
Area Development magazine has named trucking startup Nikola Motor one of its Gold & Silver Shovel 2019 projects of the year. The annual awards recognize states for their achievements in attracting investment projects that will create a significant number of new jobs in their communities. Five high-value projects were also recognized. Nikola’s headquarters facility opens […]
The news comes days after its parent company nixed a partnership with Groupe Renault.
The partnership between ride-sharing company Lyft (NYSE: LYFT) and Google-affiliated, self-driving car technology company Waymo is just one initiative in Lyft’s strategy to stake a claim in the emerging market for on-demand consumer transportation services, company officials said on May 7. Lyft confirmed Waymo’s announcement that Waymo will use Lyft’s platform to deploy 10 self-driving […]
Waymo is setting up the world’s first production facility in Detroit that manufactures Level 4 autonomous vehicles.
Uber and Waymo are admitting they don’t want to commit the resources necessary for autonomous tech to be commercially viable.
Uber spends over $1 billion every year on Waymo; Lyft is nearing its IPO; Fiat recalling 863,000 cars due to emissions issues.
