Self-Driving Trucks

The new test in Shanghai had no human safety driver, nor remote human control.

The order for 800 Kodiak Driver-equipped autonomous trucks will serve as the foundation for the newly established Loadsmith Freight Network (LFN), with delivery beginning in the second half of 2025.

The new collaboration will focus on LiDAR for autonomous driving and AI software for commercial vehicles.

Once valued at almost $5.2 billion, Embark recently cut 70 percent of its workforce.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. said it has multiple self-driving trucks deployed across the United States supporting new deployment use cases and territories to help solve real-world workforce and safety issues burdening critical transportation and supply chain operations.

The software development kit for its Phoenix ADAS/AD high-performance computer, which combines its Scorpio AI processor with the Renesas R-Car V4H ASIL D support processor, gives customers the software tools to port their AI perception networks and autonomous driving functions to the platform.

The companies have agreed to jointly design, develop, validate, deliver, and service the Aurora Driver for the trucking industry, with production expected to start in 2027 for carriers and commercial fleet operators across the United States.

Weifu will develop and produce the 4D imaging radars with Arbe’s chipset for KargoBot’s L4-level self-driving trucks and hybrid driverless solution of an assisted human-driven pilot truck followed by multiple L4 autonomous trucks.

The new terminal is the first of a network to help support Aurora’s planned autonomous trucking service.

The company's fifth-generation truck ditches a central sensor bar for side-mirror-mounted sensor pods.