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Thomas Wasson

Based in Chattanooga TN, Thomas is an Enterprise Trucking Carrier Expert at FreightWaves with a focus on news commentary, analysis and trucking insights. Before that, he worked at a digital trucking startup aifleet, Arrive Logistics as an Account Executive, and 5 years at U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. with an emphasis on fleet management, load planning, freight analysis, and truckload network design. He graduated from the University of Tennessee Chattanooga with a MBA in 2020 and a Bachelors of Political Science from the University of Tennessee Knoxville in 2013.

Vay and Kodiak partner to integrate assisted autonomy technology
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.

Kodiak selects Roush as manufacturing partner for autonomous truck upfitting
Kodiak Robotics announced it has selected Roush Industries as its manufacturing partner to scale the upfitting of trucks equipped with the Kodiak Driver autonomous system. Starting in the second half of 2025, Roush will begin upfitting these autonomous trucks at its facility in Livonia, Michigan.

Aurora and On the Road Garage team up to train autonomous vehicle technicians
Aurora has partnered with On the Road Garage, a transportation workforce development provider to launch an apprenticeship and upskilling initiative to prepare workers for the new demands required by autonomous vehicles.

Windrose and Terawatt deepen strategic partnership
Testing that is part of the growing partnership between Windrose and Terawatt includes demonstrating Windrose’s dual guan charging capabilities, which deliver over 650 kW using two 350 kW chargers from Delta Electronics.

Einride founder Robert Falck out as CEO amid leadership pivot
Roozbeh Charll, Einride’s CFO, will take over as CEO. The leadership shuffle comes as the company considers an IPO in the U.S.

Aurora keeps person in the driver’s seat for driverless hauls
Humans are back in the driverless driver’s seat but only as window dressing, according to a recent update from Aurora Innovation.