Embark is taking steps to commercialize its autonomous truck technology, making it easier for truck makers to integrate the system and setting up a development program with major trucking fleets.
Beginning this year, Gatik will integrate its autonomous driving technology into Isuzu medium-duty N-Series trucks to produce SAE Level 4 delivery vehicles.
An exclusive line of Polaris GEM electric low-speed vehicles will be manufactured to fully integrate Optimus Ride’s autonomous software and hardware suite direct from the factory.
Waymo offers a virtual ride-along in the cab of one of its autonomous fleet trucks. A 15-minute loop around the south side of Phoenix reveals how the AI recognizes and responds to traffic.
The City of Arlington, Texas, in partnership with Via and May Mobility, has launched RAPID, a pilot program that will provide autonomous vehicle rides as part of the city's on-demand public transit network.
The $3 million project retrofits autonomous technology from NuPort Robotics on semi-tractor trailers for middle-mile runs around Greater Toronto.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration isn’t sure when autonomous commercial trucks are coming, but its researchers are busily preparing for widespread use of the technology – including the potential impact on the workforce, the new acting administrator said.
Gatik is partnering with Via Motors to deploy an autonomous, electrified box truck on a Ford Transit 350 chassis. The initiative comes as the autonomous technology company prepares to remove its safety driver on a Walmart route.
The video reveals some complex AutoX robotaxi maneuvers in Shenzen, China. The service is now open to the public with no safety driver or remote operator.
Although the carrier said there will always be a need for human drivers, the ongoing driver shortage and other market forces have led U.S. Xpress to make investments in autonomous technology provider TuSimple.