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Startups struggling to make financial ends meet
One is a startup. The other is better described as an early-stage growth company. Choosing lidar maker Ouster Inc. and bus, battery and electric infrastructure provider Proterra Inc. for Securities and Exchange Commission filings scrutiny may be selective. But they represent the ongoing financial difficulties affecting companies trying to advance transportation technology.
Some have already left the stage: XL Fleet was purchased by the Shyft Group. Electric Last Mile Solutions went bankrupt amid...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/startups-struggling-to-make-financial-ends-meet
Informes: La startup de platooning autónomo Locomation cierra sus puertas
Locomation Inc, que esperaba desarrollar convoyes autónomos de relevos de camiones, está cerrando sus puertas después de quedarse sin dinero, según informes de los medios.
La startup del área de Pittsburgh no respondió a las solicitudes de comentarios sobre las informaciones aparecidas en los medios locales acerca de su desaparición. Un analista de la industria dijo a FreightWaves que ha sido contactado por los empleados despedidos Locomation sobre otras perspectivas de empleo.
Según un...
Reports: Autonomous platooning startup Locomation closing its doors
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Locomation Inc., which hoped to develop autonomous truck relay convoys, is closing its doors after...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/reports-autonomous-platooning-startup-locomation-closing-its-doors
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:
- The surprise succession of...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/missteps-and-milestones-mark-2022-in-autonomous-trucking
Focusing on the Autonomous Relay Convoy driver
Locomation is working with carriers to understand the positive impact that the Autonomous Relay ConvoySM (ARC) system will have on their existing driver workforce, enabling them to integrate this revolutionary technology into their daily operations.
The pair of tractors that make up the ARC operationally look like “team” drivers to many carriers, just without the burden of a shared cabin space. Enabling drivers to operate from fixed relay points, Locomation will have a game-changing impact on...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/focusing-on-the-autonomous-relay-convoy-driver
Locomation gets 8-year deal with Stevens Trucking for autonomous convoys
Stevens Trucking Co. has reached an eight-year agreement with startup Locomation to use its autonomous relay convoys — also known as truck platoons — to operate up to 500 trucks on specific interstate lane segments in the next five years. Financial terms were undisclosed.
The El Reno, Oklahoma-based carrier runs more than 300 tractors and 1,500 trailers between their oilfield-flatbed and dry freight divisions. Stevens operates in the 48 contiguous states. Most of its routes are in Oklahoma,...
Daily Infographic: Linehaul Truckers are Facing a Quality of Life and Health Crisis
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Learn how Locomation’s AV trucking solution will improve driver quality of life HERE
Locomation takes next step in deploying autonomous trucking technology nationwide
Earlier this year, Locomation announced that it expects to be the first company to deploy autonomous trucking technology safely, legally and routinely in commercial long-haul operations at scale across the United States.
Locomation has made a name for itself with its human-guided Autonomous Relay ConvoySM technology, the first step on the road to full autonomy. Their human-guided approach combines the superior cognitive ability of a human driver to lead the convoy through complex roadway...
Truck Tech: Power booster edition
For decades, a 12-volt battery system was just fine for running accessories on a commercial truck. Then came auxiliary power units to help with nighttime idling. With the dawn of electric and autonomous trucks — and stricter pollution regulations — get ready for 48-volt battery systems.
Powering upto 48-volt systems
We write a lot in this space about electric trucks and the high-voltage power systems that power them. There’s a lot of other power needs under the hood of a Class 8 commercial...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-power-booster-edition