Self Driving Trucks news and trends

Uber Eats and Waymo Roll Out Autonomous Delivery in Phoenix
Delivery // April 03, 2024

Uber is expanding its Phoenix-based partnership with autonomous vehicle company Waymo. The company announced Wednesday (April 3) that it is now offering Uber Eats deliveries in the Arizona capital via Waymo vehicles. “Starting today in Phoenix, Uber Eats consumers in Tempe, Mesa, and Chandler may have their orders delivered...

Continental and Aurora Finalize Autonomous Trucking System Design
Transportation // January 05, 2024

Mobility technology firm Continental and self-driving technology company Aurora Innovation have finalized the design of a scalable autonomous trucking system and plan to start production in 2027. Finalizing the design and architecture of the future fallback system and hardware of the Aurora Driver autonomous driving...

Waymo Via, Uber Freight Sign Partnership on Self-Driving Trucks
Transportation // June 07, 2022

Waymo Via, Alphabet’s self-driving trucking unit, has signed a deal with Uber’s Freight business to help future customers deploy autonomous trucks more easily, Reuters wrote Tuesday (June 7). The partnership could see future Waymo customers able to use Freight better to plan their fleets. Uber...

Self-Driving Truck Hauls 40K Pounds Of Butter Across US
Innovation // December 30, 2019

Silicon Valley startup Plus.ai is thought to be the first company to deploy a self-driving commercial truck to haul 40,000 pounds of butter roughly 42 hours cross-country from Tulare, California to Quakertown, Pennsylvania, ZDNet reported. The company’s Level 4 autonomous semi-tractor-trailer completed the 2,800-mile run...

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Uber Eats and Waymo Roll Out Autonomous Delivery in Phoenix

April 03, 2024
Uber is expanding its Phoenix-based partnership with autonomous vehicle company Waymo. The company announced Wednesday (April 3) that it is now offering Uber Eats deliveries in the Arizona capital via Waymo vehicles. “Starting today in Phoenix, Uber Eats consumers in Tempe, Mesa, and Chandler may have their orders delivered by an autonomous vehicle,” Uber said in a news release. […]

Continental and Aurora Finalize Autonomous Trucking System Design

January 05, 2024
Mobility technology firm Continental and self-driving technology company Aurora Innovation have finalized the design of a scalable autonomous trucking system and plan to start production in 2027. Finalizing the design...

Waymo Via, Uber Freight Sign Partnership on Self-Driving Trucks

June 07, 2022
Waymo Via, Alphabet’s self-driving trucking unit, has signed a deal with Uber’s Freight business to help future customers deploy autonomous trucks more easily, Reuters wrote Tuesday (June 7). The partnership...

Self-Driving Truck Hauls 40K Pounds Of Butter Across US

December 30, 2019
Silicon Valley startup Plus.ai is thought to be the first company to deploy a self-driving commercial truck to haul 40,000 pounds of butter roughly 42 hours cross-country from Tulare, California...