Embark Trucks

Can Kodiak Robotics compete with the big boys of autonomous trucking?

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...

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SPAC rumor mill churns over autonomous truck software developer Plus

Self-driving truck software startup Plus is reportedly in talks to merge with the same investor group that brought public electric vehicle startup Canoo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOEV), school bus maker Blue Bird Corp. (NASDAQ: BLBD) and flatbed logistics specialist Daseke Inc. (NASDAQ: DSKE).

Rumors of the Cupertino, California-based startup aligning with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) have circulated for months. Bloomberg reported Friday that Plus is in talks with Hennessy Capital Investment...

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Truck Talk: No fuelin’ around edition

This week, we’ve got gas — natural gas, renewable natural gas and renewable diesel fuel. Amid the buzz around battery-electric trucks, drop-in fuels often get short shrift. That might be shortsighted. 

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It’s a gas

Except for devoted fleets — think refuse haulers, school buses and some small and midsize fleets — natural gas gets little respect and practically no sustained growth. Though it is far cheaper and pollutes less, it is still a fossil fuel derived...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-talk-no-fuelin-around-edition

Embark Trucks recruits partners to build autonomous driving ecosystem

Self-driving startup Embark Trucks envisions a central role in an autonomous ecosystem run by fleets and logistics operators who know trucking the way Embark knows software.

Even though it runs freight loads in autonomous-enabled trucks with a safety driver from Los Angeles to Phoenix, Embark wants to stick to developing autonomous technology and leave the ins and outs of trucking to those that know it best. 

So, it is launching a Partner Development Program with Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN),...

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EFS chat recap: Getting fleets ready for autonomous trucks

This fireside chat is a recap from the FreightWaves Enterprise Fleet Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: What fleets need to be thinking about as the day of driverless truck dawns

DETAILS: Self-driving trucks hold much promise in improving safety, sustainability and speed across the freight industry. As the technology continues to improve, companies like Embark are working closely with freight ecosystem partners to define autonomous trucking operations at commercial scale. Embark Trucks’ Sam Abidi...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/efs-chat-recap-getting-fleets-ready-for-autonomous-trucks

Transmission: Can Class 8 truck producers keep up with demand?

There was good news and some questionable news over the weekend. The good news can be summed by the trucking industry deciding it needed more vehicles last month, pushing up sales 108% year-over-year. There was another sale, though, that could generate more questions from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is investigating former Nikola CEO Trevor Milton. He sold 3.5 million of his Nikola shares for $49 million six months after he resigned in a cloud of controversy.

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/transmission-can-class-8-truck-producers-keep-up-with-demand

High-priced technology pushes trucking rivals into unusual alliances

Battery-electric trucks. Hydrogen-powered fuel cells. Hybrid technologies. Diesel-powered semis. Self-driving trucks. All share a common theme: They are too expensive to develop alone.

Rival truck manufacturers will scrap for every fleet contract. But they increasingly take a pragmatic approach to technology partnerships. 

“We’ve seen it in the past. And it generally works out pretty well,” said Mike Ramsey, a Gartner Inc. vice president and automotive and smart mobility analyst. “Ford and GM...

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Embark develops plug-and-play autonomous trucking system

Self-driving truck startup Embark Trucks Inc. has developed a plug-and-play autonomous trucking software package. It will work on Freightliner, Volvo, Peterbilt and International trucks. 

The development could make Level 4 technology a commodity even before competitors begin regular production.

“If Embark can create a system that can be installed on a variety of different trucks without massive rework and embedded development, that obviously creates an opportunity to accelerate deployment of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/embark-develops-plug-and-play-autonomous-trucking-system

Truck Talk: ‘Look, Ma, no hands’ edition

This week, we’re cleaning up after a flurry of news in the autonomous vehicle space and seeing the first concrete evidence that the chips are down for truck manufacturers. 

Construction alert

One went public. One went virtual. Another expanded in China. After an unusually busy week in the autonomous vehicle space, what could possibly be left to talk about? 

Let’s start with construction zones. They present a vexing yet all-too-frequent challenge for designers of perception software expected to be...

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