autonomous trucks

Massterly Vice President Pia Meling said the company jointly owned by Kongsberg Maritime and Wilhelmsen was not launched to eliminate human jobs. "Our purpose is not to take the jobs of the seafarers on oceangoing ships. It is actually to contribute environmentally friendly and cost-efficient and...

Recently I had the opportunity to test-drive Covenant Transport Group's latest addition to its fleet – the amazingly clever automatic Freightliner Cascadia fully equipped with a Detroit engine and drivetrain along with the intelligent ‘Assurance 5.0' suite of safety systems. Suffice to say, we've...

UD Trucks Corp., the Japanese unit of Sweden's AB Volvo, conducted the nation's first public demonstration of Level 4 autonomous trucking, handling farm produce at a sugar processing facility in the country's northernmost main island prefecture of Hokkaido. The test on Thursday, August 29, is...

The nation's top truck safety agencies are seeking comments on how to develop regulations addressing fast-moving vehicle automation technology. Advance notices of proposed rulemaking were issued on May 22 by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the National Highway Traffic...

As some technology companies scale back or eliminate their self-driving programs, Starsky Robotics is pushing forward with its autonomous truck technology. The self-driving truck startup completed a series of road tests, with a driver behind the wheel, on a section of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway...

After a brief hiatus, technology pioneer Anthony Levandowski has reappeared on the autonomous vehicle scene, but has dialed back his initial vision for driverless trucks in favor of a new safety system designed to assist drivers behind the wheel. Levandowski sat down with John Kingston, editor-at-...

Jeff Ubben, CEO of San Francisco-based investment firm ValueAct Capital Management, revealed that the firm has invested $30 million to $40 million in hydrogen-electric transport startup Nikola Motor Company in its last raised investment round. Notably, Nikola has set its sights on another round...

TuSimple, a San Diego- and China-based autonomous truck company, announced today it has raised $95 million in Series D funding based on a valuation of $1 billion. The investment brings TuSimple's total funding to date to $178 million. The latest round was led by SINA Corp (NASDAQ: SINA), a...