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SPAC-sponsored autonomous trucking software developer Embark Trucks expects to exceed its first-year revenue target based on 14,200 reservations it has collected from partner carriers including Knight-Swift and Anheuser-Busch.
The reservations more than double the 6,775 reservations that competitor TuSimple Holdings reported through the second quarter for the autonomous International LT Class 8 truck it is developing with Navistar. TuSimple took a $500 deposit on each reservation. Embark is...
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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Used truck pricing pressure is easing as stakeholders from manufacturers to dealers report growing sales momentum despite the lingering pandemic — and because of it.
As the tail of the dog in trucking, used truck sales fall when new truck sales slow. So when major manufacturers shuttered assembly plants for six weeks in March and April, used equipment all but froze. Already low prices dropped even further. Loose capacity heading into the pandemic tightened.
However, in recent months as freight...
Last month, Navistar (NYSE: NAV) announced several technology providers could now use its OnCommand Connection platform through its Gateway Integrations program that allows International and IC Bus customers to continue using their provider of choice.
One of those providers is Zonar Systems. But the integration goes much deeper, according to Zonar officials, and is actually a two-way street for its customers. While Navistar customers that use Zonar’s technology solutions can access that data...
More fleets are demanding technology providers move to an open architecture world, and the same is true of truck manufacturers. The days of installing hardware to make telematics and other advanced technology systems operate are quickly becoming a thing of the past. The world of open architecture has arrived in trucking.
“The open platform concept seems to be getting quite a bit of traction,” Clem Driscoll, founder and principal of C.J. Driscoll & Associates, a technology consulting firm, told...
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Production of heavy-duty trucks in Mexico fell 30% in August, while exports showed a 32% decline, according to data from Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).
Exports of trucks are recovering slowly, while domestic sales in Mexico are struggling as the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the economy, said Miguel Elizalde, president of Mexico’s National Association of Producers of Buses, Trucks and Tractors (ANPACT).
“As an indicator of the economy, domestic demand...
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