The FreightWaves’ Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit deconstructs the wave of special purpose acquisition companies that brought many transportation startups public during the pandemic.
Vince Cubbage, CEO of Tortoise Acquisition Corp., has brought two of those companies public. He is seeking a target for a third SPAC. Cubbage keynotes the second annual (mostly) virtual AEV Summit on Wednesday.
Cubbage sees a correlation between a lack of business travel during the pandemic and sports...
LONG BEACH,Calif. — Autonomous trucking startup Plus is going nationwide with a scaled-down version of its software for Class 8 trucks through aftermarket upfits called Plus Build.
The PlusDrive Level 4 autonomous software package that can operate without a human driver remains years away. But many of the functions — advanced driver assistance systems — that make driving safer and more comfortable are available from other manufacturers today.
Plus Build equips trucks with PlusDrive...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/plus-upfits-trucks-with-autonomous-software
Kodiak Robotics is one of several Silicon Valley autonomous trucking software developers. But it gets less attention than players that started earlier. It also lacks the fundraising and manufacturer partnerships that competitors have.
TuSimple’s public trading debut, the reputational credit given to Google-backed Waymo Via and partner-rich Aurora Innovation crowd out Kodiak. China-backed Plus generates significantly more headlines. More recently, Embark Trucks has, too.
“I think the technology...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/can-kodiak-robotics-compete-with-the-big-boys-of-autonomous-trucking
Fending off claim jumpers was a big problem for prospectors during the Gold Rush of 1849. Fast forward 175 years, and the trucking companies that decide to make a go of it in the lucrative near-Earth precious metal mining game may face the same problem.
“International law states that no one owns these new-space resources — you can’t plant a flag and say this asteroid is mine,” Denisa Scott, founder of NüsPrime Endeavors LLC, told FreightWaves Executive Publisher Kevin Hill during a SpaceWaves...