Autonomous Trucks News

  • Daimler Trucks recalls Freightliner, Western Star trucks over brake issue


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    Daimler Trucks North America is recalling tens of thousands of various Freightliner and Western Star trucks due to a brake issue. Specifically, Daimler Trucks is recalling certain 2022 Freightliner 114SD, 2017-23 Freightliner Cascadia, 2022-23 ...

  • Ram closes reservations for its first electric truck, the 1500 REV, after 5 days


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    Ram Trucks has officially closed reservations for its first electric truck, the Ram 1500 REV, after opening them on Super Bowl Sunday. Ram closes reservations for the 1500 REV electric truckThe highly anticipated electric truck was officially r...

  • Third Wave Automation gains fresh financial backing from Qualcomm and Zebra


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    Third Wave Automation (TWA), which provides artificial intelligence (AI) for high-reach autonomous forklifts, has landed a new investment wave from Qualcomm Ventures and Zebra Technologies that brings its total funding to $70 million. Third Wav...

  • Autonomous Administration withdraws aid after continued Turkish obstruction


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    The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) prepared 30 trucks of fuel and 20 trucks of humanitarian aid to be delivered to the occupied areas after two devastating earthquakes centered in Maraş province in North Kurdistan (Tu...

  • Teamsters launch campaign in California to ban driverless trucks


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    Driverless trucks have already barreled down certain stretches of California highways and the Teamsters are fighting hard to stop them. Waymo and other companies say they have also tested driverless trucks. They have launched a campaign in Cali...

  • Kenworth celebrates century of truck making with special editions


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    The T680 gets a special edition this year. Kenworth T680 and W900 special editionsThe T680 Special Edition is available in the 76-inch mid- and high-roof sleeper configurations. The special edition stands out from the base model with a black on...

  • Truckers and subsidies rev up interest in fuel cell vehicles


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    "The amount of energy BEVs need is so enormous that I see a strain on our grid that ultimately it can't fulfill." Daimler Truck will invest up to 15 billion euros ($16 billion) on fuel cells over the next decade, Daum said. Symbio, which suppli...

  • Dallas-Based Ameriflight Plans to Purchase 35 VTOL Air Cargo Drones


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    Dallas-based Ameriflight, the nation’s largest Part 135 Cargo airline, announced it has signed a letter of intent to purchase 35 VTOL air cargo drones from the Sabrewing Aircraft Company. The news comes just weeks after Ameriflight announced an...