Autonomous trucking is gaining the attention of Wall Street with Morgan Stanley initiating coverage of autonomous truck technology company Aurora Innovation on Monday. Ravi Shanker, equity analyst at Morgan Stanley, writes that despite taking years longer than expected, “Trucking finally appears to be on the cusp of an autonomous future.”
Morgan Stanley believes that Aurora is the most sophisticated on-highway,...
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Wattev agrega 2 semifinales de Tesla a la flota de Zev en Port of Long Beach (Foto: Wattev) Desarrollador de infraestructura de camiones eléctricos de inicio Wattev anunciado recientemente Un acuerdo con Tesla para la entrega de 40 semifinales en 2026. Como parte del acuerdo, Wattev está comenzando...
Startup electric truck infrastructure developer WattEV recently announced an agreement with Tesla for the delivery of 40 Semis in 2026. As part of the deal, WattEV is beginning with two of the heavy-duty electric trucks this year, representing the first use of Tesla Semis at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. This marks a continuation of WattEV’s development efforts as it expands its charging infrastructure in...
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Rivian expande las ventas de camionetas comerciales, terminando la exclusividad de Amazon (Foto: Jim Allen/Freightwaves) Rivian Automotive ha anunciado La expansión de sus ventas comerciales de furgonetas eléctricas a todas las empresas estadounidenses, un cambio en la estrategia de la compañía más de un año después de que Rivian finalizó su acuerdo de exclusividad con […]
Esta entrada Rivian expande las ventas de camionetas comerciales, terminando la exclusividad de Amazon Aparece primero en Ful...
Rivian Automotive has announced the expansion of its commercial electric van sales to all U.S. businesses, a shift in the company’s strategy more than a year after Rivian ended its exclusivity deal with Amazon in November 2023. The release notes the electric Rivian Commercial Van has two sizes, the 500 and the 700, with a payload of up to 2,663 pounds and a gross vehicle weight rating of up to 9,500...
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LAS VEGAS – After years of hype, autonomous trucking providers have begun to deliver on the promise of driverless operations, with companies touting plans for commercial uses. The Manifest conference in Las Vegas featured a diverse group of autonomous vehicle operators, from large players in the truckload space like Torc Robotics to scrappy upstarts like Bot Auto. Autonomous yard operators including...
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For those unaware, the medium-duty electric vehicle space saw many entrants and exits as startups backed by special purpose acquisition companies created and then ran out of runway. In the case of Harbinger, a modest yet focused approach avoided the drama, and the company recently announced a $100 million Series B raise co-led by Capricorn’s Technology Impact Fund, which has $10 billion under management. Harbinger...
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The Permian Basin, known for its huge deposits of oil and natural gas, now boasts the first successful customer launch for driverless truck delivery operations On Friday Kodiak Robotics and Atlas Energy Solutions announced that Atlas completed the delivery of 100 loads of proppant with two RoboTrucks equipped with Kodiak Driver, Kodiak’s self-driving system.
The RoboTrucks are part of Atlas’s...
Torc Robotics comienza 2025 con una estrategia renovada (Foto: Torc Robotics) Torc Robotics, con sede en Virginia, una subsidiaria independiente de Daimler Truck AG, ingresa a 2025 con una estrategia de crecimiento renovada enfocada en construir un centro autónomo en Texas mientras expande su...
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Virginia-based Torc Robotics, an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, is entering 2025 with a revamped growth strategy focused on building out an autonomous hub in Texas while expanding its software footprint in Michigan. The expansion did come with a cost, namely the loss of the original testing location in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and its technology hub in Stuttgart, Germany, which are winding down during the first...
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