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The Whac-A-Mole reality of autonomous trucking regulations

If you thought last year’s veto of a Teamsters-backed ban on heavy-duty autonomous trucking in California put the issue to rest, think again. While 23 states allow at least testing of driverless trucking, emerging challenges resemble the arcade game Whac-A-Mole.

Early-stage commercialized driverless trucking on Interstate 45 in Texas looks likely later this year. The state embraced the technology in 2017. Yet a move to stop driver-out operations percolated in the Texas Legislature last year.

“That...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-whac-a-mole-reality-of-autonomous-trucking-regulations

Megawatt grants electrify truck charging corridors

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Startup electric truck infrastructure developer WattEV won’t say how much money it has raised from...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/megawatt-grants-electrify-truck-charging-corridors

Ryder adds Kodiak Robotics to its autonomous trucking dance card

When it comes to autonomous trucks, Ryder System Inc. plays the field, forming — and sometimes ending — relationships with practically every startup contending for leadership in the medium- and heavy-duty driverless space.

Its first commercial partner appears to be Kodiak Robotics, which is paying for space at an existing Ryder maintenance facility in Houston. The truckport opened in December and enables Kodiak to launch and land autonomous trucks and transfer freight on routes between Houston,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ryder-adds-kodiak-robotics-to-its-autonomous-trucking-dance-card

Autonomous truck developer TuSimple going private

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TuSimple, the first autonomous trucking startup to go public, is voluntarily delisting from the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/autonomous-truck-developer-tusimple-going-private

Are startup investors getting past the FOMU cycle?

The same driverless technology that Kodiak Robotics plans to put on highways in late 2024 has application to the military, which sees leveraging commercially developed innovation as smarter than creating everything itself.

Following Kodiak’s reveal of its Ford F-150-based prototype autonomous vehicle for the U.S. Army on Monday, Kodiak founder and CEO Don Burnette and I discussed dual-use technology, the recent comings and goings in the autonomous trucking space and a thawing of investor...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/are-startup-investors-getting-past-the-fomu-cycle

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

Founders of shuttered Argo AI launch autonomous trucking startup

The founders of shuttered self-driving car startup Argo AI, which was abandoned by Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG, are starting an autonomous trucking business with $1 billion in backing from Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp.

“With our proprietary technology and expertise as well as the commitment from our long-term partner in SoftBank, we are confident we will revolutionize the trucking and freight industries,” Bryan Salesky, founder and CEO of Stack AV, said in a news release.

The move is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/founders-of-shuttered-argo-ai-launch-autonomous-trucking-startup

Waymo Via backs away from autonomous trucking

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Alphabet Inc. is indefinitely delaying its Waymo Via autonomous trucking unit to focus efforts on...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/waymo-via-backs-away-from-autonomous-trucking

TuSimple begins catch-up on financial filings

TuSimple filed the first of four late financial documents this week. It’s easy to see why the autonomous truck software developer gave up freight hauling. It cost more than twice as much as it was seeing in revenue. And the company has just 250 U.S. employees after two rounds of layoffs and a refocus on Asian markets.

While other startups ran afoul of Nasdaq listing rules because their share price fell below $1 for more than 30 consecutive trading days, TuSimple found another way to get put on...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tusimple-begins-catch-up-on-financial-filings

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