Autonomous Trucks
Alphabet Inc. is indefinitely delaying most work on by its Waymo Via autonomous trucking unit to focus efforts on robot-driven passenger cars for ride hailing. Waymo Via is the latest to head to the sidelines in a shrinking field of autonomous trucking developers. Waymo’s future in autonomous trucking had been whispered about by competitors since the layoff of 12,000 Alphabet employees in January. Waymo and Daimler will continue work on redundant chassisWaymo said it would continue its commitment to work with Daimler Truck on a redundant chassis for the Waymo Driver system. Daimler, Waymo joining forces to build autonomous Freightliner CascadiaExclusive: Watching Waymo build autonomous Freightliner CascadiasClick for more FreightWaves articles by Alan Adler.