TuSimple co-founder Xiaodi Hou has refuted allegations from senior leadership that he was trying to poach staff for his new company. In a LinkedIn post, Hou said that he resigned […]
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Back to news homeTuSimple co-founder resigns, accused of poaching staff for new venture
TuSimple’s co-founder, Xiaodi Hou, resigned from the company’s board of directors last week amid an internal investigation which sought to verify claims that Hou approached TuSimple employees about leaving the […]
TuSimple and Navistar end deal to co-develop autonomous trucks
Autonomous trucking technology company TuSimple and truck manufacturer Navistar have scrapped their deal to co-develop self-driving trucks, the companies said Monday. The move to end the partnership comes less than […]
Aurora says it has enough cash to commercialize autonomous trucks in 2024
Aurora Innovation said Wednesday it will have enough money to continue to develop its autonomous vehicle technology until mid-2024 just ahead of its commercial launch — an effort to assuage […]
Pony.ai forms autonomous truck JV with Sany Heavy Truck in China
Autonomous vehicle company Pony.ai is forming a strategic joint venture with Sany Heavy Truck, a subsidiary of Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer Sany Heavy Industry, to create an autonomous truck brand. […]
Kodiak Robotics’ founder explains why autonomous freight could brush off inflation
If solving the problems of autonomous driving were a question of money, it’d have been solved long before now. That’s the primary argument of Don Burnette, co-founder and CEO of […]
Aurora’s Sterling Anderson and FedEx’s Rebecca Yeung discuss the future of autonomous trucking at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022
When the CEO of FedEx, the global leader in logistics, promises “an enormous effort towards autonomous trucks” this summer, wisdom — conventional or otherwise — says listen up, things are […]
TuSimple aims to test self-driving trucks on public roads without human safety operator by EOY
Self-driving trucks startup TuSimple signaled it is close to testing its system without a human safety operator on public roads before the end of the year. During the startup’s third-quarter […]
Daimler invests in lidar company Luminar in push to bring autonomous trucks to highways
Daimler’s trucks division has invested in lidar developer Luminar as part of a broader partnership to produce autonomous trucks capable of navigating highways without a human driver behind the wheel. […]