MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Kodiak AI Inc. is launching a collaboration with DTL Transport Inc. using autonomous trucks for deliveries.
Kodiak and DTL Transport are conducting this landmark work in and beyond California after Kodiak received a heavy-duty Autonomous Vehicle Testing permit in August from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
We look forward to demonstrating the benefits of this transformative technology with DTL Transport and the impact it can have on grocery distribution.”
DTL Transport DTL Transport, headquartered in Fresno, has growing freight volumes and is exploring ways autonomy can complement its existing fleet and team of experienced, professional drivers.
California’s Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit California’s DMV approved new regulations on Apr.
Sep 24, 2026 · via thetrucker.com
The two companies will work directly to extend Hyperion’s compute, sensor, software and safety architecture to the demands of heavy-duty freight.
For model training, Einride plans to deploy Nvidia’s Blackwell architecture at scale through an Nvidia Exemplar Cloud partner, a provider whose infrastructure Nvidia has validated for large-scale AI training performance.
Nvidia Cosmos is already part of Einride’s AI development workflow.
“Autonomous trucking represents one of the clearest opportunities to improve the safety and efficiency of global freight,” said Rishi Dhall, vice president of automotive at Nvidia.
Neither company said in the announcement when the first Hyperion-based Einride trucks will enter service.
Sep 24, 2026 · via freightwaves.com
Aurora expects the third-generation system to enter production in the second half of 2027, with material economic benefits beginning in 2028.
Aurora expects to exit 2026 with 200 driverless trucks, representing an estimated $80 million Transportation-as-a-Service revenue run rate.
By 2030, Aurora projects more than 30,000 trucks, over $5 billion in revenue and gross margins above 60%, with a longer-term goal of about 70%.
About Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR) Aurora Innovation, Inc develops autonomous vehicle technology designed to transport people and goods without human drivers.
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Sep 24, 2026 · via marketbeat.com
Aurora Innovation plans to scale to more than 30,000 driverless trucks and over $5 billion in revenue by 2030.
It expects 200 trucks in commercial driverless service by the end of 2026, with positive run-rate gross profit in the first half of 2027 and free cash flow in 2028.
The company is shifting toward an asset-light Driver-as-a-Service model, in which carriers own the trucks while Aurora supplies the autonomous-driving technology.
Aurora expects this model to become its primary growth engine starting in 2027.
Sep 24, 2026 · via finance.yahoo.com
Aurora Innovation aims to have over 30,000 driverless trucks running by 2030, generating revenue in the billions of dollars through its driver as a service (DaaS) business.
The target, presented at an investor day in Dallas, builds on plans to operate 200 driverless trucks by the end of 2026.
That year-end fleet is fully allocated to customers on transport as a service contracts, and its driverless customer base has nearly doubled in 2026.
Hirschbach plans a 500-truck owned fleet under a DaaS deal from 2027, though that rests on a non-binding memorandum of understanding.
McLane and Werner trucks average an annualised 225,000-plus miles, more than twice a conventional truck, with over 500,000 driverless miles logged to date.
Sep 24, 2026 · via automotiveworld.com
Tesla opened its first factory for high-volume production of the Semi, a heavy-duty electric truck, in Sparks, Nevada, on Thursday, as CEO Elon Musk aims to push into big rigs.
Trucking firm Einride also recently said it agreed to order 500 Tesla Semi trucks for its fleet with some deployments planned this month.
Lars Moravy, Tesla's vice president of vehicle engineering, appeared on stage Thursday with Dan Priestley, director of Semi truck engineering, at the factory near Reno.
Priestley said the company plans to produce 50,000 Semi trucks per year there, or about 1,000 per week, and to bring "more than 3,000 jobs during that ramp period" to Nevada.
Priestley said Thursday that Semi trucks in fleet operations have demonstrated 98% uptime, and rarely needed to spend time out of service for unscheduled maintenance.
Sep 24, 2026 · via cnbc.com
Self-driving trucking technology vendor Aurora Innovation Inc. says it plans to finish 2026 with 200 driverless trucks in operation through Transport as a Service (TaaS) agreements, and is targeting a rollout of more than 30,000 driverless trucks in operation by 2030.
The Pittsburgh-based company says its Aurora Driver platform has safely completed over 500,000 driverless miles since commercial launch.
The firm’s driverless truck technology is designed as a vehicle-agnostic model, allowing customers to have it installed on various models of commercial trucks.
For example, users can upfit the Aurora Driver on the International LT Series truck, or integrate it lineside on the Volvo VNL Autonomous.
And automaker PACCAR is planning to integrate Aurora’s third-generation commercial hardware kit with PACCAR's future autonomy-enabled platform on their assembly lines.
Sep 23, 2026 · via dcvelocity.com
In response, FMCSA argued Giannoulias failed to make his case for why the waiver should be put on hold.
Federal law authorizes FMCSA to issue waivers, and the challenged waiver is not materially different from waivers FMCSA has issued previously.
In addition to Aurora, other autonomous carriers -- Kodiak Robotics, Waabi Logistics and Stack AV -- have signed onto the waiver, FMCSA noted.
FMCSA previously denied an exemption to Aurora that sought an industry-wide exemption to allow cab-mounted warning beacons because it was too broad.
Issuing sequential waivers is also not out of the ordinary for the agency, FMCSA said, highlighting two waivers issued during the COVID-19 pandemic that were issued seven times each.
Sep 23, 2026 · via overdriveonline.com
[DigitalToday reporter Choi Jae-won] U.S. autonomous driving company Aurora Innovation plans to increase its driverless heavy-truck fleet tenfold by the end of the year.
The idea is to improve shipping efficiency and secure profitability, but it must prove actual cost savings and safety.
On Sept. 22 (local time), CNBC reported Aurora is operating 20 driverless trucks and plans to expand to 200 by the end of this year.
Chris Urmson (크리스 엄슨), Aurora's chief executive officer, said, "Driverless trucks can save fuel, transport freight faster and ease a shortage of truck drivers."
Morgan Stanley said profitability for a fleet of driverless vehicles could be about 7.5 times higher than a fleet of human-driven vehicles.
Sep 22, 2026 · via digitaltoday.co.kr
Information from driverless trucks in the US is being shared with enforcement officers under a scheme launched in Texas and Louisiana.
Autonomous driving technology provider Kodiak AI has teamed up with PrePass so that enhanced inspections for the AVs can be integrated into established state roadside screening and enforcement systems.
This connects information from Kodiak’s autonomous trucks directly with Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA)-trained enforcement personnel.
Kodiak plans to launch driverless commercial vehicle operations on public highways by the end of 2026.
“Our collaboration with PrePass is an important milestone as we prepare to launch long-haul driverless operations.”
Sep 22, 2026 · via itsinternational.com
Aurora Innovation now runs 20 fully driverless semi trucks on Texas highways, with nobody behind the wheel, and it wants that number near 200 by the end of 2026.
Aurora is targeting a production rate of 20 new driverless trucks per week by the fourth quarter of 2026.
Those 20 trucks aren't a pilot anymore.
Aurora says its driverless fleet has logged more than 250,000 miles on Texas interstates since the Dallas-Houston lane went fully driverless in May 2025.
Waymo shelved its own trucking unit, Waymo Via, back in 2023, leaving the freight lane mostly to Aurora and Kodiak to prove out.
Sep 22, 2026 · via startupfortune.com
Tesla certified its autonomous driving technology and its Cybercabs/Robotaxis against all relevant safety standards.
Autonomous driving is already here, and it is widely employed in every state when we include Tesla’s FSD users.
Autonomous Pittsburgh Outside of Tesla’s autonomous driving lab, Pittsburgh has been the second-most important hub for autonomous driving technology of the last decade.
This is very bullish for the industry, and my prediction is that we’ll see updated safety standards in less than 12 months.
This will enable the roll-out of nationwide, unsupervised autonomous driving in the United States.
Sep 22, 2026 · via brownstoneresearch.com
Komatsu has commissioned its 1,000th autonomous ultra-class haul truck using the FrontRunner Autonomous Haulage System (AHS), signalling a mature, large-scale deployment of driverless haulage fleets across multiple mines.
FrontRunner integrates high-precision GPS, obstacle detection radar and LiDAR with central fleet management to control truck speed, dump-point approach and interaction with manned equipment on complex haul networks.
For mine planners and geotechnical teams, the scale of AHS adoption is pushing tighter road geometry tolerances, more consistent ramp grades and berm standards, and stricter separation of autonomous and conventional traffic.
The April 2026 milestone for Komatsu’s 1,000th autonomous ultra-class haul truck aligns with other recent coverage showing the company simultaneously investing in talent acquisition and training in the US, suggesting it expects AHS deployment to be constrained more by skilled labour than by hardware availability.
The Canada Nickel–Komatsu fleet decision at the Crawford nickel project, combined with the new parts distribution centre near Edmonton, signals that future FrontRunner AHS roll-outs in Canada are likely to benefit from shorter commissioning and support lead times than in regions where Komatsu lacks comparable infrastructure.
Sep 22, 2026 · via geomechanics.io
Aurora, the autonomous vehicle startup that's been burning through cash while perfecting self-driving trucks, just laid out its clearest path to profitability yet.
What makes Aurora's 2028 target noteworthy isn't just the timeline - it's the company's positioning relative to competitors.
Industry watchers note that Aurora's 2028 profitability target coincides with broader expectations for when autonomous vehicle technology will reach commercial viability.
For investors and industry observers, Aurora's 2028 timeline represents a concrete benchmark against which to measure the autonomous vehicle industry's progress.
Aurora's 2028 profitability target isn't just about one company's financial health - it's a litmus test for the entire autonomous vehicle industry's commercial viability.
Sep 22, 2026 · via techbuzz.ai
• Minneapolis wants to require a paid human ‘safety monitor’ in every driverless car, which Waymo calls a de facto ban.
September 2026 — In the race to put more robotaxis on America’s streets, autonomous vehicle expansion is outrunning the regulatory system built to govern it.
The drive to scale Waymo operates about 4,000 driverless vehicles across 15 test cities, up from 700 in early 2025.
U.S. News rates the 2026 Ford F-150 with BlueCruise as the top “almost self-driving” vehicle on the market today.
Waymo’s state and local public policy manager, Adam Lane, called the measure a “de facto ban on autonomous vehicles.”
Sep 22, 2026 · via capitalanalyticsassociates.com
Aurora was the first to share a Safety Case Framework for both autonomous trucks and passenger vehicles, and this approach has now been widely adopted within the industry.
Edge Case benchmarked Aurora's safety case against NHTSA's federal safety elements for automated driving, along with multiple industry standards and best practices, and confirmed it holds up: well-structured, aligned with best practices, and actively maintained.
A Federal Framework Taking Shape With autonomous trucks already hauling freight on public highways, Congress is building on existing industry standards to advance a national framework.
Aurora's own safety case has already undergone the Edge Case review, evaluated against existing federal guidance, ahead of any requirement to do so.
Aurora Driver 2 is on the road today, hauling freight without anyone behind the wheel.
Sep 21, 2026 · via ttnews.com
The company will also use Nvidia’s Blackwell infrastructure to train and test its autonomous-driving models.
The partnership comes days after Einride and Lidl deployed Germany’s first cab-less Level 4 autonomous truck.
Shares of Einride (ENRD) rose around 7% in pre-market trading after the freight operator announced a tie-up with Nvidia (NVDA) to expand its autonomous trucking operations.
Einride Targets 2,000 Vehicles By 2028 Einride currently operates hundreds of electric trucks across the U.S., Europe and the Middle East.
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Sep 21, 2026 · via stocktwits.com
Notably, with China's rapid advancement in AI technology, companies, institutions and government agencies have seen intensified AI cooperation in a wide range of areas.
The compound covers 10,000 square meters and hosts more than 150 AI companies.
The trend in AI cooperation has also been noted by officials.
Zhang Lizhong, secretary general of the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), an inter-governmental organization co-founded by ASEAN countries and China, told the Global Times that AI is an important part of cooperation between China and ASEAN countries and the CAEXPO has attached great importance to AI technology.
The cases include 31 practical AI cooperation projects between China and ASEAN, covering all 11 ASEAN member states and sectors such as infrastructure, intelligent manufacturing and smart logistics, said the report.
Sep 20, 2026 · via globaltimes.cn
That coordinator is the same person orchestrating forklift drivers, assigning yard spotters, dealing with truck drivers and replacing printer ink.
An Eye in the Sky Over the Yard With the driver journey deployed, the customer asked for a yard management system.
YardFlow built one and is now deploying it, extending the same standardization to yard spotters, jockeys and trailer inventory.
“You’re not going to be handing paperwork to an autonomous truck, right?
“You’ve got to deal with both human spotters and autonomous spotters probably for the next 15 years.
Sep 19, 2026 · via freightwaves.com
On September 14, 2026, an empty Waymo autonomous vehicle found itself in a tense, slow-motion standoff with an Austin Fire Department engine.
The resulting standoff leaves the emergency responders completely trapped behind the confused robotaxi.
A History of Blocking Sirens Waymo has been expanding rapidly across Texas, but the company’s relationship with Austin’s emergency responders has been incredibly rocky.
Amid the chaos, a Waymo vehicle stalled in the middle of the roadway, actively blocking an ambulance from reaching the scene.
Following the March incident, the Austin City Council requested a special public meeting with Waymo executives to address emergency traffic enforcement.
Sep 19, 2026 · via motorbiscuit.com