Autonomous Trucks
Autonomous truck startup Locomation Inc. denied published reports that it is closing. “We are not shutting down,” company co-founder and CEO Çetin Meriçli told FreightWaves in an email late Friday. An industry analyst told FreightWaves that several laid-off Locomation employees contacted him seeking other job prospects. In August, Stevens Trucking Co. reached an eight-year agreement to use Locomation’s autonomous relay convoys to operate up to 500 trucks on specific interstate lane segments in the next five years. Related articles:Locomation gets 8-year deal with Stevens Trucking for autonomous convoysLocomation claims huge improvements in emissions and fuel savingsConvoy plan doubles down on autonomous trucking challengeClick for more FreightWaves articles by Alan Adler.