Exclusive: Watching Waymo build autonomous Freightliner Cascadias

DETROIT — Manufacturing of Waymo Via robot-driven Freightliner Cascadias, part of the future of long-haul trucking, resides in a century-old industrial building on St. Aubin Street where Chevrolet Gear & Axle operated in the mid-20th century heyday of General Motors. 

But you wouldn’t know it from the sign outside. There isn’t one.

Before the subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet Inc. arrived in 2019, the complex housed American Axle & Manufacturing, a 1990s startup that took over five axle plants...

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Daimler Truck, BlackRock and NextEra Energy’s $650M bet on electric infrastructure

Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), BlackRock Renewable Power and NextEra Energy Resources plan a $650 million joint venture to build charging infrastructure for electric and hydrogen fuel cell medium- and heavy-duty trucks, addressing a barrier to widespread adoption.

The new charging stations and hydrogen filling outlets are intended for commercial trucking, which is underserved in a transition to renewable energy that has seen public charging focused on cars and light trucks that require less...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/daimler-truck-blackrock-and-nextera-energys-650m-bet-on-electric-infrastructure