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Autonomous Trucking Co TuSimple Becomes Unicorn With $95M Fundraise
Investments // February 13, 2019

TuSimple, a driverless truck startup in California, has achieved unicorn status — a valuation of $1 billion— after a series D funding round that brought in $95 million, according to a report by CNBC.   The money will help the San Diego-based company grow its...

Driverless Trucks Hog the Highway to an Autonomous Vehicle Future
Ecosystems // October 02, 2018

Driverless cars are indeed coming to roads soon enough — the U.K.’s transport secretary, in fact, recently predicted that those vehicles would appear there within four years. Even so, it might be autonomous trucks — as in semi-trailer trucks that haul freight — that hit the...

Uber Goes Autonomous For Uber Freight
Delivery // March 07, 2018

Uber Freight is finally launching its autonomous truck deliveries, with the first hauls driven in tandem with both human drivers and self-driving trucks being completed in Arizona. According to TechCrunch, Uber loads the freight on a human-driven truck, which collects the load from the shipper...

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Autonomous Trucking Co TuSimple Becomes Unicorn With $95M Fundraise

February 13, 2019
TuSimple, a driverless truck startup in California, has achieved unicorn status — a valuation of $1 billion— after a series D funding round that brought in $95 million, according to a report by CNBC.   The money will help the San Diego-based company grow its fleet from 12 vehicles to 50 by June of this […]

Uber Goes Autonomous For Uber Freight

March 07, 2018
Uber Freight is finally launching its autonomous truck deliveries, with the first hauls driven in tandem with both human drivers and self-driving trucks being completed in Arizona. According to TechCrunch,...