Autonomous Trucks News

  • California Legislation May Hinder Deployment of Autonomous Trucks


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    California may implement legislation that could make it extremely challenging for heavy-duty autonomous trucks to operate on state highways without a safety driver. While testing autonomous trucks without drivers is permitted in 42 states, Cali...

  • Aurora secures $820 million in funding to commercially launch its autonomous tech and beyond


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    Autonomous technology developer Aurora says it now has enough money to commercially launch its holistic system of self-driving products next year, thanks to a fresh round of public and private funding totaling $820 million. Aurora is an autonom...

  • Self-Driving Truck Company Completes Successful Road Test In China


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    The latest news I’ve seen is that autonomous trucking company TuSimple has recently completed various completely autonomous test drives on public roads in China. You can watch a video of this historic drive here:This isn’t the first time TuSimp...

  • Indiana State Police thank trucker for his act of kindness towards trooper


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    An Indiana State Police Sargent took a moment to publicly thank a truck driver who assisted a broken down state trooper. Todd Ringle-Indiana State Police Evansville District shared the story of Trooper Hadley’s encounter with a truck driver aft...

  • Self-driving company Aurora Innovation closes $820M capital raise


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    Autonomous vehicle developer Aurora Innovation completed a two-part $820 million funding round Friday, giving it badly needed capital and breathing room to continue its quest to get self-driving trucks on the road. The capital raise will help A...

  • TuSimple begins catch-up on financial filings


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    Gleaning insightsGleanings from the 10-Q explain the math behind TuSimple giving up on autonomous freight hauling. It allows TuSimple trucks to provide near real-time updates to each other about roadway abnormalities on the TuSimple Autonomous ...

  • TuSimple begins catch-up on financial filings


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    Gleaning insightsGleanings from the 10-Q explain the math behind TuSimple giving up on autonomous freight hauling. It allows TuSimple trucks to provide near real-time updates to each other about roadway abnormalities on the TuSimple Autonomous ...

  • Javelin Robotics’ Blackbird: A Highly Autonomous Level 4 Truck


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    Javelin Robotics has developed a highly autonomous Level 4 truck called Blackbird. Javelin Robotics believes that by focusing on a “smaller pie” of routes, highly autonomous technologies can be scaled more quickly. Javelin Robotics is supported...