Humble Robotics, a San Francisco start-up building self-driving electric freight vehicles, has raised $51m in a Series A round.
It also showed its first vehicle, the Humble Hauler.
Dock to dock The vehicle carries freight from one loading dock to another.
In 2021, 87% of US truck freight by weight travelled less than 250 miles (about 400km), according to the US Department of Energy.
Eyal Cohen, founder and CEO, Humble Robotics Cohen previously worked on self-driving and electric vehicles at Apple, Uber and Waabi.