Embark Trucks, the autonomous trucking company that recently cut 70% of its workforce, is being acquired by Applied Intuition, a simulation and software provider for autonomous vehicle development. The all-cash […]
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Back to news homeTuSimple gets temporary reprieve from Nasdaq delisting
Autonomous trucking company TuSimple’s stock shot up 28% Monday after the company narrowly dodged a delisting from the Nasdaq stock exchange. TuSimple’s stock closed at $1.06 per share. TuSimple reported […]
Self-driving truck company TuSimple to lay off 25% of workforce
Update:Â CEO Cheng Lu said laid off workers will remain on the payroll for two months and will receive severance. Well, we knew it was coming. Self-driving trucking technology company TuSimple […]
TuSimple addresses autonomous truck crash during Q2 earnings call
Autonomous trucking company TuSimple used its second-quarter earnings call to address an April crash during which one of the company’s autonomous trucks suddenly veered across the I-10 highway in Tuscon, […]
Waymo, UPS, others pressure Gov. Newsom to allow autonomous trucking in California
Waymo, Aurora, UPS and Luminar are among a group of 34 autonomous vehicle developers, California business organizations, and automotive and logistics companies that have signed an open letter to Governor […]
Ryder to build logistics network with autonomous trucking company Embark
Supply chain and fleet management solutions company Ryder is partnering with yet another autonomous trucking company. On Thursday, Ryder announced its plans to help Embark launch a nationwide network of […]
Waymo Via is scaling up autonomous trucking operations in Texas, Arizona and California
Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving arm, is building a dedicated trucking hub in Dallas and partnering with Ryder for fleet management services in a two-pronged move to seriously scale up its autonomous […]
Waymo to open offices in Pittsburgh, an AV tech hub
Waymo, Google’s former self-driving car project that’s now an independent business unit under Alphabet, is expanding its presence in the eastern U.S. The company said Thursday it would be opening […]
Autonomous trucking startup Embark to go public in $5.2B SPAC deal
Five-year old self-driving truck startup Embark Trucks Inc. said Wednesday it would merge with special purpose acquisition company Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. II in a deal valued at $5.2 billion. […]