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The eFREIGHT Autonomous consortium has revealed the findings of a nine-month long study into autonomous heavy goods vehicles, identifying hub-to-hub trunking and intermodal shuttle operations as the most viable starting points for early UK deployment. Led by Voltempo alongside Connected Places Catapult and Berkeley Coachworks, the eFREIGHT Autonomous consortium secured funding in 2025 through the UK Government-backed CAM Pathfinder Feasibility Studies competition delivered by Innovate UK and Zenzic. Since the project launched last year, the consortium has carried out workshops, seminars and customer visits with operators across the freight sector, while engaging with every major European truck manufacturer, alongside the Department for Transport, the Department for Business and Trade, Transport Scotland, Logistics UK, the RHA and SMMT. The study concludes that autonomous freight is moving rapidly from pilot projects into early commercial operation internationally, while the UK is approaching a key legislative milestone through implementation of the Automated Vehicles Act 2024. Michael Boxwell, Corporate Development Officer at Voltempo, said: “Over the past nine months, we’ve focused on understanding where autonomous freight can deliver genuine operational value for UK fleets and what conditions are needed to make deployment practical. “What’s become clear is that this is no longer a future concept. The technology, legislation and commercial interest are all moving forward quickly, and with continued grant funding available to support trials, the UK is ideally positioned to take advantage and lead from the front.” The report identifies two priority use cases for early deployment. The first is hub-to-hub motorway trunking between logistics centres, and the second is short intermodal shuttle operations linking ports, railheads and distribution hubs. According to the consortium, these operations provide the clearest commercial and operational pathway because routes are predictable, interfaces can be controlled and benefits can be measured around productivity, utilisation, safety and emissions. As part
May 29, 2026 · via greenfleet.net
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) vetoed for a second year in a row a Teamsters-backed bill that would have banned operating an automated large commercial vehicle without a human driver present.
The measure (HB 26-1286) would have required a person with a commercial driverâs license be in the cab and prepared to take control of any automated commercial vehicle over 26,000 pounds, such as 18-wheelers and other large trucks. The person would have to be in the driverâs seat if hauling hazardous material.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has advocated for similar bills across the US, arguing they ...
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Gasgoo Munich- Jiangsu ZERON Technology Co., Ltd. formally filed an application to list on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on May 28, according to industry reports. Goldman Sachs (Asia) and Haitong International Capital are serving as joint sponsors. Image Source: ZERON The prospectus positions ZERON as a provider of smart and autonomous heavy truck solutions, adhering to a strategy of vertical integration and full-stack in-house development from its inception. Its proprietary "ZERON Autonomous Driving System" utilizes an end-to-end multi-modal large language model (MLLM), which the company claims reduces key system complexity by approximately 95% and cuts data labeling costs by roughly 95% compared to industry averages. On the hardware front, ZERON's self-developed "Jushi" four-in-one electric drive axle integrates the motor, gearbox, drive axle, and power take-off. This achieves a weight reduction of over 200 kilograms and a peak system efficiency of 94%. Additionally, the company is the first in the industry to mass-produce a multi-source heat pump thermal management system, delivering up to 70% energy savings compared to traditional PTC heating at -20°C. Frost & Sullivan data indicates that the transmission efficiency of its drive axle and the energy efficiency of its thermal management system lead among mass-produced products. Commercialization is accelerating rapidly. ZERON delivered 1,176 new energy smart heavy trucks in 2025, becoming the fastest emerging new energy heavy truck company globally to surpass 1,000 annual sales. Cumulative deliveries approached 1,500 units by the end of 2025. In the first four months of 2026, sales volume reached 778 units, with new orders totaling 1,002 — a 334.6% year-on-year increase. Financials are improving in tandem. ZERON's revenue climbed from 1.163 million yuan in 2023 to 124 million yuan in 2024, and further to 522 million yuan in 2025, representing a roughly 448-fold increase over two years.
May 29, 2026 · via autonews.gasgoo.com
Why It Matters Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak AI Inc. has filed a federal lobbying registration, bringing on outside help as Congress debates the future of self-driving vehicles. The company registered Penn Avenue Partners LLC as its lobbying firm in late April 2026. The lobbying registration disclosure was signed on May 22. The single issue area listed: Transportation. Kodiak AI is entering Washington at a pivotal moment. Congress is actively debating a federal framework for autonomous vehicles. The Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill is moving. That creates real stakes for any company operating in the AV space. This appears to be Kodiak AI's first federal lobbying registration. There is no prior lobbying history on record for the company. That makes this a notable first step into formal federal advocacy. By The Numbers The LDA filing lists $0 in lobbying expenditures for the registration period. That figure is typical for new client registrations before a full quarter of activity is reported. The lobbying team is lean: - Firm: Penn Avenue Partners LLC - Lobbyist: Daniella Landau, listed as a Partner at the firm There is no record of in-house lobbyists registered on this lobbying disclosure act filing. The engagement appears entirely external at this stage. The Agenda The lobbying registration disclosure lists Transportation (TRA) as the sole issue area. No specific issues or legislation are named in the filing. The specific issues field is blank. Given the broad issue code, it is not possible to pinpoint exactly what Kodiak AI is engaging in from this filing alone. There are, however, relevant bills and active debates in Congress tied to autonomous vehicles and AI-driven transportation, areas directly connected to Kodiak AI's core business. Broader Context The timing of this lobbying registration disclosure aligns with significant legislative activity on autonomous vehicles. Congress is working on
May 29, 2026 · via legis1.com
- House lawmakers introduced a bill that establishes federal rules for autonomous trucks. - The BUILD America 250 Act directs the Department of Transportation to establish safety standards. - It also requires US-based remote workers and creates workforce training grants. Recommended articles A new bill recently introduced in the House would establish rules for workers in the new industry, creating the first federal framework for autonomous commercial trucks, including provisions on remote workers and workforce training grants. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on May 22 approved the BUILD America 250 Act, a sweeping five-year transportation bill, that would direct the Department of Transportation to establish safety standards for self-driving trucks. The committee said the piece of legislation represents the "first ever autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework." The bill cleared the committee by a 62-2 vote, making it eligible for consideration by the full House. Among the proposed rules for AVs, the bill would require manufacturers to certify that their vehicles meet federal safety standards before operating across state lines. The legislation also covers the grounds for remote drivers. The bill states that remote workers must be physically located in the US a provision that comes as lawmakers have raised questions about where autonomous vehicle companies like Waymo base their remote operations. During a Senate hearing in February, Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts grilled Waymo over its use of remote assistance workers in countries outside the US, including the Philippines, calling it "completely unacceptable." The bill text would direct the transportation secretary to require "all remote assistants, driverless operations dispatchers, and remote drivers to be physically located within the United States or any territory of the United States." The bill would also authorize $27.5 million for fiscal year 2027 to establish a workforce development grant program aimed at helping human
May 29, 2026 · via africa.businessinsider.com
AI is coming for one of the most important industries in the US: truck drivers. A new bill recently introduced in the House would establish rules for workers in the new industry, creating the first federal framework for autonomous commercial trucks, including provisions on remote workers and workforce training grants. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on May 22 approved the BUILD America 250 Act, a sweeping five-year transportation bill, that would direct the Department of Transportation to establish safety standards for self-driving trucks. The committee said the piece of legislation represents the "first ever autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework." The bill cleared the committee by a 62-2 vote, making it eligible for consideration by the full House. Among the proposed rules for AVs, the bill would require manufacturers to certify that their vehicles meet federal safety standards before operating across state lines. The legislation also covers the grounds for remote drivers. The bill states that remote workers must be physically located in the US — a provision that comes as lawmakers have raised questions about where autonomous vehicle companies like Waymo base their remote operations. During a Senate hearing in February, Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts grilled Waymo over its use of remote assistance workers in countries outside the US, including the Philippines, calling it "completely unacceptable." The bill text would direct the transportation secretary to require "all remote assistants, driverless operations dispatchers, and remote drivers to be physically located within the United States or any territory of the United States." The bill would also authorize $27.5 million for fiscal year 2027 to establish a workforce development grant program aimed at helping human truck drivers adapt to the rise of autonomous technologies. Eligible programs would include those that train workers with commercial driver's licenses to operate and maintain trucks
May 29, 2026 · via businessinsider.com
- Zeron generated 522 million yuan in revenue in 2025 and achieved positive operating cash flow in the fourth quarter of 2025. - Zeron focuses on new-energy smart heavy-duty trucks, with proprietary autonomous driving technology aimed at significantly reducing costs and boosting efficiency. Zeron, a Chinese electric heavy-duty truck startup, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, marking an accelerated push into global capital markets just four years after its founding. Dubbed the Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) of trucks in China, Zeron submitted its listing application on May 28 to trade on the Hong Kong stock exchange's main board, according to a filing on the bourse's website. The company was founded in June 2022 by Huang Zehua, a former co-founder of TuSimple, with the ambition of pioneering a new era of global highway transportation robots. The filing follows a flurry of major capital injections in March and May this year. The company completed a 1.2 billion yuan ($177.2 million) funding round in March. Combined with its recent Series B2 round, its cumulative financing over the past two months has reached $400 million. The startup boasts a formidable lineup of investors, gathering top-tier industrial and international capital. Prominent backers including CATL, Temasek, Momenta, Nio Capital, Zijin Mining, and Moutai Investment participated in its recent funding rounds. The addition of industrial capital will propel Zeron's business expansion in core scenarios such as mining transportation and industrial logistics. Meanwhile, the participation of international capital reflects sustained global investor interest in China's autonomous driving industry. Zeron is the world's first company to possess both vertical integration capabilities for smart heavy trucks and end-to-end autonomous driving technology, according to its prospectus. Its autonomous driving system is the industry's first end-to-end multimodal large language model for autonomous driving. The system enables full-process automation
May 29, 2026 · via cnevpost.com
Torc Robotics has announced a strategic partnership with Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, marking what the company says is the first autonomous-trucking partnership within Mila’s ecosystem. The collaboration is designed to strengthen Torc’s artificial intelligence and autonomy research as the company continues developing self-driving trucks for long-haul freight applications. Through the partnership, Torc will establish a presence within Mila’s Montreal-based ecosystem, gaining access to academic researchers, faculty, and students working across machine learning and applied AI. The collaboration also includes dedicated research space on site and will focus on advancing physical AI capabilities that can support real-world autonomous vehicle deployment. For commercial transportation, the announcement reflects the growing role of advanced AI research in moving autonomous trucking from controlled testing environments toward scalable freight operations. Torc said the partnership will support work in areas including generative world models, multi-agent behavior modeling, reinforcement learning, and foundation models for physical AI systems. “Torc is focused on building safe, scalable autonomous trucks, and advancing the next generation of physical AI is central to that mission,” said Felix Heide, head of artificial intelligence at Torc. “As a long-time Mila collaborator, I can definitively say that partnering enables deeper collaboration at the intersection of research and real-world deployment, collaboration that supports continued progress toward commercializing autonomous trucking at scale.” Mila, based in Montreal, is a leading AI research center that is recognized for its work in deep learning and machine learning. By embedding within Mila’s research environment, Torc is seeking to deepen its work on AI systems that can better connect simulation, perception, decision-making, and real-world vehicle performance. Christopher Pal, core academic member at Mila, scientific co-director of IVADO, and professor at Polytechnique Montréal, said the partnership creates opportunities for students and researchers to work on practical challenges in physical AI while contributing to
May 29, 2026 · via act-news.com
Glean, a company often described as the Google for enterprise, said it has reached $300 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), a three-fold increase from the $100 million milestone it reached just 15 months ago. While many AI startups are growing at a blistering pace, Glean’s progress is particularly remarkable. After years of essentially being the only player in the category, the seven-year-old startup is accelerating its growth as tech giants enter the enterprise AI search market with rival products. “The first four or five years of our existence, we had no competition,” Glean CEO Arvind Jain told TechCrunch. “Given how important search is to make AI work in the enterprise, every single company in the world wants to be in this space.” Tech heavyweights building Glean-like tools include Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, Salesforce, and Atlassian. Jain maintains that there’s value in being a first mover in the space, but that it’s also equally important to offer a better product. What Glean does better than its competition, according to Jain, comes down to the deep understanding that its AI tools have of customers’ business needs. Glean’s AI achieves this knowledge — a concept captured by the new, popular term “context graph” — by connecting to and learning from enterprises’ internal software systems. Jain claims that Glean’s context graph also helps enterprises cut AI computing costs. “If you connect your AI to Glean, it gives you all the information that you need to do your work, and that results in AI consuming far fewer tokens compared to if you unleash AI onto your systems directly,” Jain said. That’s because with Glean, AI ends up performing fewer operations, he added. At a time when many companies are blowing through their AI budgets, those token cost savings have become a major selling point
May 29, 2026 · via techcrunch.com
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May 29, 2026 · via youtube.com
Aurora Innovation Inc. stocks have been trading up by 4.26 percent after upbeat autonomous trucking progress fueled investor optimism. Live Update At 17:03:49 EDT: On Thursday, May 28, 2026 Aurora Innovation Inc. stock [NASDAQ: AUR] is trending up by 4.26%! Discover the key drivers behind this movement as well as our expert analysis in the detailed breakdown below. Quick Financial Overview Aurora Innovation, trading under ticker AUR, is acting like a classic high‑growth, pre‑profit story. Revenue is still tiny at about $3.0M over the trailing period, yet the market is valuing the autonomous trucking platform at a steep price‑to‑sales multiple above 3,400. That tells traders one thing: the street is trading AUR on future potential, not current earnings power. On the income side, AUR is burning cash to build its network. The latest quarter shows roughly $223M in net losses, with heavy research and development spending around $195M and operating cash flow near -$159M. Profitability ratios are deep in the red, with returns on equity and assets heavily negative, which is normal for a company trying to commercialize a new technology platform. The balance sheet is the safety net for traders. Aurora Innovation shows around $1.23B in cash and short‑term investments, low debt (debt‑to‑equity near 0.04), and a strong current ratio around 9.5. That kind of liquidity gives AUR runway to keep scaling driverless operations. On the chart, AUR has pulled back from recent highs near the low $8s to close around $7.07 on 2026/05/28, but the daily candles still show higher lows versus early May. Intraday, the tape on 2026/05/28 was steady: AUR opened near $6.75, dipped briefly below $6.75, then trended higher through the session, topping around $7.39 before settling just above $7. The 5‑minute chart shows controlled grinding action rather than wild spikes, suggesting consolidation after a
May 28, 2026 · via timothysykes.com
Torc Robotics announced Tuesday a new partnership with Mila — the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute — becoming the only autonomous trucking company to join the institute. Torc is a subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG and, as part of the partnership, will gain access to one of the world’s leading centers advancing machine learning research. The collaboration also opens access to top-tier academic talent, including students, researchers and faculty. The partnership includes dedicated research space on site and is designed to build on Torc’s existing AI and autonomy research. “We are excited to welcome Torc as an industry partner, as it becomes an even stronger component of Mila’s ecosystem,” said Christopher Pal, core academic member at Mila, scientific co-director of IVADO and professor at Polytechnique Montréal. “This partnership brings together academic excellence and real-world deployment, creating opportunities for our students and researchers to work on impactful challenges in physical AI while advancing the state of the art in autonomous systems.” Mila has an alumni network of AI talent who have gone on to leadership roles at companies like Google and OpenAI. Torc will deepen its research into areas including generative world models, multi-agent behavior modeling, reinforcement learning, and foundation models for physical AI systems, the company said. “Torc is focused on building safe, scalable autonomous trucks, and advancing the next generation of physical AI is central to that mission,” said Felix Heide, head of artificial intelligence at Torc. “As a long-time Mila collaborator, I can definitively say that partnering enables deeper collaboration at the intersection of research and real-world deployment, collaboration that supports continued progress toward commercializing autonomous trucking at scale.” Torc is not new to Montreal and Canada, having had an affiliation with Mila since 2020. “As autonomous vehicle technology becomes closer to a reality, it is exciting and important
May 28, 2026 · via tech.yahoo.com
Tesla introduced its supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) system in China, expanding availability of the assisted-driving package to local Tesla owners after years of testing and regulatory review. Marketed as "intelligent assisted driving," the feature uses Tesla’s camera- and AI-based driving stack to automate navigation and driving tasks while still requiring active human supervision. Tesla added China to the list of markets supporting FSD Supervised and priced the one-time upgrade for Model 3 buyers at 64,000 yuan ($9,410). The company worked with local partners to map Chinese roads ahead of launch and differentiated the supervised software from its unsupervised robotaxi operations currently limited to select U.S. cities. Prior to the rollout, Tesla customers in China only had access to Autopilot and Enhanced Autopilot systems. For drivers, the launch introduces more advanced assisted-driving capabilities intended to reduce workload during highway and urban travel while maintaining human oversight. The expansion reflects the broader global trend of phased autonomy rollouts shaped by regional regulation and infrastructure readiness. Self-Driving Packages Tesla Adds Its Full Self-Driving Option To China Trend Themes - Phased Autonomy Rollouts — A staged approach to deploying driving automation across regions creates openings for modular software platforms that align feature sets with local regulations and infrastructure readiness. - Camera-and-AI Driving Stacks — Widespread adoption of vision-first, AI-based driving systems signals potential for specialized sensor fusion algorithms and compute-optimized perception modules tailored to mass-market vehicles. - Supervised Autonomy Models — Supervised-autonomy offerings that keep human oversight while automating complex tasks open space for human-machine interfaces and monitoring tools that enhance situational awareness and trust. Industry Implications - Automotive Manufacturing — Integration of advanced assisted-driving suites into production models presents opportunities for new vehicle architectures, thermal and power management solutions, and OEM-software co-development. - Mapping and Geospatial Services — Localized high-definition mapping and continual
May 28, 2026 · via trendhunter.com
A new Texas law regulating commercial automated motor vehicles took effect Thursday, requiring companies operating self-driving vehicles for passenger or freight services to obtain state authorization from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV). The requirements under Senate Bill 2807 establish a statewide framework for safety, reporting and compliance as autonomous technology expands across the state, including in Dallas-Fort Worth. TxDMV opened applications for authorization earlier this year ahead of the May 28 enforcement date. Companies must comply with the new rules to legally operate automated vehicles for commercial purposes on public roads. The department will also handle investigations into incidents that could result in serious injury or death. According to TxDMV, “to receive an authorization, applicants must provide basic company information and certify that each automated motor vehicle they operate: - Complies with all applicable Texas traffic and motor vehicle laws - Is equipped with a required recording device - Uses an automated driving system that complies with federal law - Can achieve a minimal risk condition in the event of system failure - Is properly titled and registered - Maintains required motor vehicle insurance” The law applies to operators of automated passenger vehicles, such as robotaxis, as well as freight and semi-truck operations. It follows the growth of services like Waymo in Texas cities, including Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. TxDMV will review concerns about automated vehicles operating in ways that could cause serious bodily injury or death. The department noted that it is unlikely to take administrative action in cases that do not meet the threshold defined by the Texas Penal Code. State leaders have positioned the regulations as a balance between fostering innovation in the autonomous vehicle sector and ensuring public safety. Texas has seen increased testing and deployment of driverless technology in recent years, as
May 28, 2026 · via dallasexpress.com
Bloomberg/Getty Images © 2026 Blaze Media LLC. All rights reserved. A longtime trucker exposes the real motivations behind the push for autonomous 18-wheelers. Americans have become strangely accustomed to driverless cars. In cities like San Francisco and Austin, people casually summon Waymo robo-taxis the way they once called Uber. Now imagine the same technology attached to an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer moving at highway speed. My fellow truckers already know the problem. Modern collision-avoidance systems have been triggered by shadows, weather conditions, lighting changes, and animals. It’s happening; large carriers are already purchasing hundreds of robotically operated highway trucks as they prepare to eliminate one of the country’s most common occupations: the truck driver. Supermarket swindle Those pimping the technology tell us it is the necessary solution to a catastrophic shortage of truckers, with the additional benefit of making the roads safer. As I explain in my new book, "End of the Road: Inside the War on Truckers," neither claim holds up under scrutiny. This hardly matters, as the demand for more road robots is hardly organic. Instead, it is the product of a massive marketing campaign designed to acclimate us to a radical new future, one that may ultimately curtail the rights of all American drivers. Picture something like the “motor law” envisioned in the classic Rush track “Red Barchetta.” The late Neil Peart was a man who understood the precious freedom of the open road. Waymo robo-taxis already roam San Francisco and Austin, while autonomous tractor-trailers test on Texas interstates. The technology, however, remains immature and heavily dependent on human oversight. You won’t see this mentioned in recent paid content from Aurora Innovation, one of the leading developers of autonomous big-rig systems. Almost seamlessly inserted among actual articles on online news platform Axios, the piece’s headline promises to explain “the
May 28, 2026 · via theblaze.com
Autonomous driving struggles in environments ruled by randomness, but logistics is often the opposite: Routes are known. Movements repeat. Safety rules are strict. Reliability matters more than speed. That combination makes logistics one of the most practical places for autonomy to scale responsibly. For our business, autonomous electric vehicles help address several pressures at once.
For one, it offers greater operational resilience in the face of fluctuating driver availability. By 2030, the US alone will be lacking around 160,000 truck drivers; in Europe some 745,000 driver roles will go unfilled by 2028 (source: mckinsey.com).
Another expected boon is safety: Sensor-based navigation systems reduce collision risk in low-speed, repetitive environments like warehouses, yards, and campus logistics (source: mdpi.com, nature.com).
Despite concerns to the contrary, autonomy is likely to reshape jobs rather than replace them, absorbing repetitive transport tasks while people focus on coordination, exception handling and continuous improvement.
For customers, the use of autonomous vehicles leads to higher reliability and the ability to scale faster. But in terms of day-to-day operations, the impact is largely invisible. And that’s exactly the point.
May 28, 2026 · via dhl.com
"Actionable Insights to Fuel Your Growth" The global autonomous mining equipment market size was valued at USD 4.24 billion in 2025. The market is projected to grow from USD 4.71 billion in 2026 to USD 11.06 billion by 2034, exhibiting a CAGR of 11.27% during the forecast period. Autonomous mining equipment represents a transformative advancement in the mining industry, enabling the automation of critical operations such as drilling, hauling, loading, and material handling with minimal human intervention. These systems integrate advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, GPS, LiDAR, and real-time data analytics to enhance operational precision, safety, and productivity. Unlike conventional mining equipment, autonomous solutions operate through centralized control systems and sensor-driven navigation, allowing continuous and optimized performance even in complex and hazardous mining environments. Widely adopted across surface and underground mining applications, these technologies play a vital role in improving operational efficiency, reducing labor dependency, and ensuring consistent output, making them an essential component of modern digital mining ecosystems. The demand for autonomous mining equipment is experiencing robust growth, driven by increasing pressure on mining companies to improve productivity, reduce operational costs, and enhance worker safety. The rising complexity of ore extraction, declining ore grades, and the need for efficient resource utilization are accelerating the adoption of automation technologies across mining operations. Additionally, advancements in connectivity, edge computing, and predictive analytics are enabling real-time decision-making and seamless equipment coordination. Industry trends such as smart mining, digital transformation, and the integration of IoT-enabled systems are further supporting market expansion. The global market is moderately consolidated, characterized by the strong presence of leading mining equipment manufacturers alongside specialized technology providers. Key players such as Caterpillar Inc., Komatsu Ltd., Sandvik AB, Epiroc AB, and Hitachi Construction Machinery dominate the market through advanced autonomous haulage systems, drilling solutions, and integrated digital platforms.
May 28, 2026 · via fortunebusinessinsights.com
Autonomous mining trucks, house-sized giants that operate without anyone in the cabin, have already moved more than 8.6 billion tons of rock and ore in mines around the world, and the manufacturer behind them ensures that all this mountain was transported without a single recorded injury. The number comes from the command system that pilots the largest fleet of autonomous mining trucks on the planet, operated by one of the American heavy machinery giants. Today, there are hundreds of these vehicles working in dozens of mines spread across three continents, all guided by software, radars, and satellite, without a driver inside. And what is most impressive is not just the amount moved, but the fact that it was achieved without any accident with casualties. 8.6 billion tons, more than a thousand pyramids It’s hard to grasp the size of this number, so a comparison is worthwhile. The Great Pyramid of Giza weighs about 5.9 million tons. The 8.6 billion tons already moved by these trucks are equivalent to transporting more than 1,400 Great Pyramids entirely from one place to another. And each vehicle is colossal: the largest mining trucks carry almost 400 tons per trip, with tires taller than an adult person. Inside, the autonomous trucks manage with a combination of high-precision GPS, radars, laser sensors, and a central control that communicates with each vehicle in real-time. They see obstacles, avoid each other, and stop on their own if someone or something crosses in front, all without a steering wheel turning. The technology began to be tested in the last decade and has been scaling mine by mine, and is already preparing to reach smaller models and medium-sized operations. In practice, an entire mine can operate in the dark because the machine doesn’t need to see like we do. -
May 27, 2026 · via en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br