self-driving trucks

Driverless Trucks Will Reduce Labor Costs, Move toward Cure for Driver Shortage

May 31, 2019

USPS Testing Series of 1,000-Mile Mail Hauling Trips From CCJ The United States Postal Service (USPS) has contracted with autonomous truck startup TuSimple on a series of 1,000-plus mile trips, hauling mail between the Postal Service’s Phoenix, Ariz. and Dallas, Texas distribution centers. Equipped with a network of lidar, radar and cameras that enable SAE Level 4 autonomous driving, each truck will

Building the World’s Largest Autonomous Truck Fleet

September 12, 2018

Startup expanding in Arizona – targets 500 of its self-driving trucks on roads worldwide in 2019 From CCJ TuSimple, a self-driving truck solutions company, has been testing its Level 4 Class 8 autonomous trucks in Arizona for more than a year and recently began hauling freight for-profit with commercial carriers in the state. Earlier this year, TuSimple expanded its testing facilities in

Uber Exits Self-Driving Truck Highway, Kodiak Robotics Merges In with $40 Million in Tow

August 16, 2018

From Wired For the developers of self-driving vehicles, semi-trucks are a potential low-hanging fruit. Although big rigs are imposingly, intimidatingly huge, they also predominantly run on freeways and other fixed routes that are simpler to automate. Fleet managers are easier to convince with rational, financial arguments than individual car buyers. Plus, there’s a shortage of some 50,000 truck drivers in the US. A new startup,

Driverless Trucks Will Reduce Labor Costs, Move toward Cure for Driver Shortage

Building the World’s Largest Autonomous Truck Fleet

Uber Exits Self-Driving Truck Highway, Kodiak Robotics Merges In with $40 Million in Tow

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