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Plus will equip IVECO trucks with autonomous driving software

Self-driving truck technology developer Plus will work with Europe’s IVECO to install autonomous software in trucks in China, Europe and elsewhere.

Because of existing partnerships, startup electric truck maker Nikola Corp. (NASDAQ: NKLA) could eventually find itself involved as an add-on to the understanding between Plus and United Kingdom-based CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI). But not right away. And maybe not at all.

IVECO is Nikola’s joint venture partner. The two use IVECO’s S-WAY...

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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...

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Self-driving trucks: A 10 billion-mile proof case for Plus

It seems every autonomous trucking software developer has different commercialization approaches and unique go-to-market timetables.

Take Plus, the Cupertino, California, startup that splits self-driving truck efforts between the U.S. and China. Plus is aggressively moving to install its Level 4 software stack in First Auto Works (FAW) trucks in China. It is selling $10,000-$20,000 retrofits for various makers’ Class 8 semis in the U.S.

“Rather than dozens of trucks, we will have hundreds and...

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No partners, no problem: Nikola may do hydrogen stations solo

Now that it can buy cheap electricity to make hydrogen in Arizona, Nikola Corp. (NASDAQ: NKLA) no longer needs fueling station partners who balked after the startup’s months of distractions and ongoing federal probes into fraudulent claims.

“Things are changing,” Nikola CEO Mark Russell told FreightWaves in a recent interview. “We were working with various potential station partners for some time last year. And that’s why we thought there was a good chance that we would have one of those...

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