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Autonomous trucking: ‘What’s love got to do with it?’
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Lior Ron is a fan of autonomous trucking. You might even say the head of Uber Freight loves the idea...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/autonomous-trucking-whats-love-got-to-do-with-it
Landing and launching terminals for autonomous trucks getting closer
Driverless trucks likely will be in limited use on some U.S. interstates as soon as late 2024. How they will be maintained between trips is a growing focus for their software developers.
Aurora Innovation appears to be farthest along in preparing for inspections, fueling maintenance and automated landing and launch of autonomous Class 8 trucks. An unremarkable frontage road location in Palmer, Texas, south of Dallas is being transformed into a terminal capable of doing for autonomous trucks...
Daimler built excess electric truck capacity in ‘22
LAS VEGAS — Daimler Truck North America created capacity to build 2,000 Class 8 battery-electric trucks last year. But sales fell far short because of a lack of charging infrastructure.
“We had in our mind the market demand was going to be X based on discussions with customers,” CEO John O’Leary told reporters in a roundtable Tuesday before the opening of the Manifest supply chain conference.
“We installed the capacity and then, all of a sudden, [it was] ‘Whoa, wait a minute. I know I told you I...
Former USA Truck CEO takes COO role at Kodiak Robotics
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Some cajoling before a let’s-make-a-deal barbecue dinner in Fort Smith, Arkansas, persuaded James Reed to take his technical credentials — unparalleled among trucking company chief executives — back to Silicon Valley.
Reed led a turnaround as CEO of USA Truck for six years before its sale to German logistics giant D.B. Schenker in September. He is trucking’s first C-suite executive to take a leading role at an autonomous trucking startup, joining Kodiak Robotics as...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/former-usa-truck-ceo-takes-coo-role-at-kodiak-robotics
Kodiak Robotics gets $49.9M Army contract for off-road autonomy
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Autonomous truck software developer Kodiak Robotics beat out 31 competitors to win a two-year $49.9...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/kodiak-robotics-gets-499m-army-contract-for-off-road-autonomy
Truck Tech: Infrastructure infancy edition
A new name in electric truck charging and infrastructure broke cover this week with $1 billion or more in private equity funding. With prospects for federal money and significant experience in electrification, Voltera might be a name to watch.
New kid in townThere’s a new kid in town that could help build infrastructure for electric trucks. The name is Voltera. Its leaders have experience in electric charging. More important, it has access to funding. Lots of funding.
The exact figure is...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-infrastructure-infancy-edition
Daily Infographic: GM and Pilot Co. to build a coast-to-coast fast-charging network
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Pilot and GM plan coast-to-coast EV fast-charging network
Pilot Co. will install 2,000 electric fast chargers at 500 of its U.S. truck stops over the next few years, creating a coast-to-coast network in partnership with General Motors.
Startup EVgo (NASDAQ: EVGO) will install, operate and maintain the chargers. The chargers are branded as part of GM’s Ultium Charge 360 network. Chargers will begin appearing at U.S. Pilot and Flying J service plazas in early 2023. The majority of the 500 installations will be in place by 2025, Cathy Zoi, EVgo CEO, said...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/pilot-and-gm-plan-coast-to-coast-ev-fast-charging-network
Ex-Pilot president seeks different judge, location for second fuel fraud trial
The former president of Pilot Co. wants a federal judge to recuse himself from overseeing the retrial of a fuel rebate fraud case against him and two of his former staffers and is also seeking to have his case moved from Tennessee to another state.
Mark Hazelwood was the highest-level executive of Pilot, the nation’s largest fuel retailer headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, to be indicted in a five-year rebate scam that targeted trucking customers it considered “too unsophisticated to catch...