Harbinger and Rheinmetall Develop 500-mile Autonomous Military Trucks American Rheinmetall and electric truck startup Harbinger announced a partnership on May 27 to develop a family of robotic and uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs) for U.S. military logistics, the companies said in a press release (Rheinmetall). Reporting describes the effort as built around Harbinger's autonomy-ready, hybrid-electric, drive-by-wire medium-duty chassis and Rheinmetall's vehicle integration and mission systems expertise (Rheinmetall; Manufacturing Dive). Interesting Engineering reports the concept targets an Extended Range Electric Vehicle with roughly a 500-mile range. Manufacturing Dive reports Rheinmetall will invest 41 million dollars across six U.S. facilities to expand capacity. Electrek says joint demonstrations and near-term prototyping are expected this summer and includes a direct quote from Harbinger CEO John Harris on removing drivers to keep service members out of harm's way. What happened American Rheinmetall and Harbinger announced a partnership on May 27 to develop a family of robotic and uncrewed ground vehicles to support U.S. Department of War modernization priorities, according to a Rheinmetall press release. The partners say the collaboration pairs American Rheinmetall's vehicle integration and mission-systems expertise with Harbinger's commercially derived, autonomy-ready hybrid-electric chassis and drive-by-wire architectures (Rheinmetall; Manufacturing Dive). Interesting Engineering frames the concept as an Extended Range Electric Vehicle targeting roughly 500-mile range. Manufacturing Dive reports American Rheinmetall plans to invest 41 million dollars across six U.S. manufacturing facilities to expand production capacity and strengthen the supply chain. Technical details Per company reporting, the platform family will include hybrid-electric and fully drive-by-wire medium-duty chassis intended for roles from robotic cargo haulers to contested-logistics resupply and sustainment UGVs (Rheinmetall; Manufacturing Dive; Interesting Engineering). Reporting highlights the hybrid architecture pairs an electric chassis with a gas-powered range extender that recharges batteries during missions, and that drive-by-wire control enables remote operations, teleoperation, and autonomous stacks to interface