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Daimler takes deliberate approach to driverless trucks

As more startups announce testing for highly automated trucks, Daimler Trucks remains comparatively quiet.

Even in celebrating a year of partnering with Torc Robotics, which Daimler Trucks purchased in March 2019, the focus is on safe automation ahead of promotion.

The parent of Freightliner, the top-selling Class 8 truck brand in the U.S. and Canada, is  collaborating with Torc to put series-produced Level 4 trucks on the roads within the decade. That includes a Level 4 test fleet, a redesigned...

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Ike lines up fleet customers for driverless trucks

Autonomous trucking software developer Ike is partnering with three major logistics customers to deploy highly automated Level 4 trucks for highway driving, the startup said Tuesday.

Logistics providers Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R), DHL, and NFI Industries will be among the first customers, Ike said in a press release announcing the multi-year “Powered by Ike” program. Other participants will be named later.

Ike’s vision is for automated trucks to drive on the highway. They would hand off loads...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ike-lines-up-fleet-customers-for-driverless-trucks

Waymo picks Dallas for driverless trucking hub

Waymo recently bolstered its self-driving truck program by expanding into Texas with a new hub in Dallas.

Waymo joins a growing number of driverless tech firms locating facilities or freight operations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including Aurora, Nuro, Kodiak Robotics and TuSimple.

“Operating in a major freight hub environment like Dallas, we can test our Waymo Driver on highly dense highways and shipper lanes, further understand how other truck and passenger car drivers behave on these...

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The Daily Dash: Knight-Swift Q2 earnings; TuSimple revenues; and settling a New Prime driver misclassification suit

Knight Swift earnings

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, reports suggest that autonomous truck startup TuSimple is not meeting revenue projections, Knight-Swift continues a trend of better-than-expected second-quarter earnings results, a long-running court battle concludes, and how innovative fleets are benefiting from open technology platforms.

Just a little short

Autonomous truck startup TuSimple is not meeting its revenue projections, according to a...

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TuSimple revenues fall short

TuSimple revenue
  • Revenues for TuSimple, the largest self-driving truck startup in the U.S., “are minimal,” according to Information report
  • One of the company’s autonomous trucks was involved in a freeway crash last fall
  • Analyst opinion: “In the end, it’s extremely likely that giant existing companies that are well-capitalized are going to be the ones who own and operate this technology. Almost none of them will be the startups that came along the way.”

TuSimple may be the country’s largest self-driving...

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Aurora adds Class 8 autonomous testing in Texas (with video)

Aurora testing autonomous Class 8 trucks

Aurora Innovation will start testing autonomous Class 8 trucks from Peterbilt Motors and Chrysler Pacifica minivans in Texas in the next few weeks.

Texas testing will focus on commercial routes used by major freight haulers, the self-driving startup said Monday.

Aurora Innovation will begin testing driverless Class 8 Peterbilt Motors trucks in Texas. (Video: Aurora Innovation via YouTube)

More than 10% of long-haul truck drivers in America drive in Texas. And freight moved there could nearly...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aurora-adds-class-8-autonomous-testing-in-texas-with-video

The Daily Dash: Driver safety, self-driving trucks, and bidding on dedicated freight

Speeding truck

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening today in the freight ecosystem. In this edition, we find out that how a driver is trained matters more than his or her age, and we learn more about Navistar’s partnership with TuSimple and why they believe a production-ready self-driving truck will be on the nation’s highways by 2024. Plus, small fleets and owner-operators now have a way to bid on dedicated freight, and the rails are concerned about heavier and longer trucks becoming a reality.

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-daily-dash-driver-safety-self-driving-trucks-and-bidding-on-dedicated-freight

8 autonomous trucking questions for Navistar’s Chris Gutierrez

Navistar engineer and TuSimple truck

For two years, Navistar and TuSimple engineers quietly worked in parallel, building autonomous truck prototypes. Now, the relationship is changing.

On Wednesday, the companies said Navistar will sell a driverless truck by 2024, advancing the industry’s accepted end-of-the-decade production timeline. Navistar will offer a single, no-frills autonomous truck that fleets will learn to launch and receive. Navistar and TuSimple will help smooth this new wrinkle in logistics.

Below are eight questions...

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Navistar partnership establishes TuSimple as preferred autonomous supplier

TuSimple Navistar

Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple is joining forces with Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV), a producer of commercial trucks, proprietary diesel engines, and school and commercial buses, to develop self-driving semi-trucks. 

The partnership, announced Wednesday, builds on a two-year relationship between the companies and marks a milestone for TuSimple, establishing the startup as a preferred supplier of autonomous trucking technology.

“TuSimple and Navistar began joint development of...

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Navistar to sell driverless semis in 2024

Navistar-TuSimple driverless trucks

Navistar is shaving up to five years off the industry timeline for autonomous semis, partnering with self-driving technology leader TuSimple to sell International-branded driverless trucks in 2024, the companies said Wednesday. 

Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) took an undisclosed minority interest in startup TuSimple, and could increase its stake over time.

“Autonomous technology will have a profound impact on our customers’ business,” said recently named Navistar President and CEO...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/navistar-targets-2024-to-sell-driverless-semi

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