Autonomous EV developer Humble Robotics adds $51M to expand

The Humble Hauler, a battery-electric, cabless Class 8 autonomous vehicle.

(Humble Robotics) Humble Robotics secured $51 million in new financing, bringing the autonomous electric vehicle developer’s total funding to $75 million less than a year after its founding.

PERSPECTIVE: From proving autonomy works to proving it scales The financing comes six months after the San Francisco-based company emerged from stealth with the Humble Hauler, a battery-electric, cabless Class 8 autonomous vehicle.

Cohen previously said Humble would build the vehicles in the United States and seek a domestic battery supplier as development progressed.

Humble maps prospective freight routes, constructs simulated versions of them and repeatedly tests its autonomous-driving technology in those virtual environments.