Embark Trucks

Missteps and milestones mark 2022 in autonomous trucking

Docudrama script writers must be giddy at the “Succession”-esque tale unfolding at TuSimple Holdings. Just a year ago it leapfrogged the competition by demonstrating an 80-mile driverless truck pilot on a U.S. public highway. 

TuSimple repeated the technological feat, several times early in 2022. But then it gave way to repeated capriciousness that erased 95% of the company’s stock value. Could TuSimple be ripe for a takeover or sale to private equity? Consider:

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/missteps-and-milestones-mark-2022-in-autonomous-trucking

Knight-Swift takes the wheel of Embark-equipped autonomous truck

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In a major step toward commercializing autonomous trucking, a Knight-Swift Transportation driver...

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Embark, DHL Supply Chain tackle autonomous trucking roadblocks through long-standing partnership

The world still hasn’t seen the widespread presence of self-driving trucks on the road, but the transportation industry is diligently working to make this a reality.

While autonomous trucks are already being tested and making deliveries every day along dedicated routes, questions about how autonomous trucks will interact, and exist in, their environments still need to be answered.

For instance, what lanes will be best suited for autonomous trucks? How will on-the-ground operations need to be...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dhl-supply-chain-embark-tackle-autonomous-trucking-roadblocks-through-long-standing-partnership

Why does California lag in autonomous freight commercialization testing?

Back in 2012, California adopted legislation, rules of the road so to speak, for the operation of autonomous vehicles on Golden State roadways. It took three more years, until 2015, for implementing regulations to follow.

No rules covered the hauling of autonomous freight — specifically trucks exceeding 10,001 pounds because they didn’t exist. The inspection regime for trucks was another reason. The California Highway Patrol needed to be consulted, so the issue was put off.

It may slowly be...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-does-california-lag-in-autonomous-freight-commercialization-testing

Truck Tech: Summer reading edition

Shareholder letters and earnings call transcripts don’t qualify as page-turning vacation reading. But they yield plenty of nuggets about the health of electric and autonomous startups.

A cure for insomnia, or …

Earnings reports and shareholder letters don’t make for scintillating reading. Some are better written than others. But even the best fall short of a page-turning novel.

Second-quarter reporting season is well underway. So, it’s a good time to see how electrification and autonomous startups...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-summer-reading-edition

Hydron startup plans hydrogen-powered autonomous trucks

Two CNG images of the Hydron

A co-founder of autonomous software trucking leader TuSimple is starting a new venture to fuel autonomous trucks with zero-emissions hydrogen.

It is a long-term bet that hydrogen will be the fuel of choice for long-haul trucking. Battery-electric trucks are more in favor even though they add significant weight that eats into cargo capacity and take a long time to charge.

“Battery electric vehicles are well-suited for shorter routes. But they are not yet capable of supporting long-haul...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/startup-hydron-plans-fuel-cell-autonomous-trucks

Embark autonomous and BYD electric trucks demo the future

Light blue BYD cabover in foreground. Blue Embark autonous truck in background preparing for a drop and hook of a trailer of HP Inc. computer printers.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Inside a gated parking lot adjacent to a metal scrap business and surrounded by fully grown palm trees, a demonstration of the future of drayage for autonomous trucks played out on a partly cloudy spring morning.

Autonomous software developer Embark Trucks brought one of its Peterbilt 579 sleeper cabs equipped for a supervised run to the Phoenix suburb of Tolleson, Arizona. A 53-foot trailer with a half-load of HP Inc. printers arrived in near silence except a toot of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/embark-autonomous-and-byd-electric-trucks-demo-the-future

Se prevé que los camiones y autobuses automatizados alcancen los 1,2 millones en 2032

TuSimple autonomous truck on highway

Se espera que el número de camiones y autobuses automatizados crezca desde prácticamente cero este año hasta 1,2 millones en 2032, según un nuevo análisis de mercado de Guidehouse Insights.

Se prevé que la cuota de mercado global alcance algo más del 19% en 2032. China liderará el mercado con una cuota del 38,5%. Se espera que Norteamérica y Europa alcancen una cuota del 26% y el 29%, respectivamente, según el informe elaborado por Sam Abuelsamid, analista principal de Guidehouse.

El patrón de...

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Automated trucks and buses projected to reach 1.2 million by 2032

TuSimple autonomous truck on highway

The number of automated trucks and buses is expected to grow from practically zero this year to 1.2 million by 2032, according to new market analysis by Guidehouse Insights.

The overall market share is projected to reach just over 19% by 2032. China will lead the way with a 38.5% share. North America and Europe are expected to reach 26% and 29% shares, respectively, according to the report authored by Sam Abuelsamid, a Guidehouse principal analyst.

The hockey-stick pattern of automated trucks — a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/automated-trucks-and-buses-projected-to-reach-12-million-by-2032

Truck Tech: SPAC ‘stonks’ edition

Wanna buy SPAC-backed electrification and autonomous stocks? They are cheap, but have they hit bottom yet? A new Morning Consult poll shows autonomy has significant trust issues to overcome, and try as we might, we just can’t miss the bus when it comes to electrification.

Wanna buy my (SPAC) stonks?

It’s hard to find many stocks moving up against headwinds of rising inflation, war in Ukraine, and the coming and going — and coming again — of COVID variants.

But the beatdown of electric vehicle and...

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