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Stack AV Launches Self Driving Truck Business With Argo AI Veterans, SoftBank Support
Stack AV is a new Pittsburgh-based autonomous trucking developer that plans to apply its founders' expertise in AI and self-driving vehicles to modernize freight transport.

CloudSort Focuses on Driving Efficiency, Flexibility, and Scalability to the Middle Mile
CloudSort said its approach to optimizing middle-mile shipping is an alternative to hub-and-spoke operations that takes advantage of its distributed network of shippers.

Aurora Innovation Raises $820M to Put Autonomous Trucks on the Road
Aurora Innovation said it is on schedule with its product roadmap as it develops Aurora Horizon for autonomous freight transportation and Aurora Connect for ride hailing.

Autonomous Freight Truck Maker Einride Begins Working With PepsiCo as Part of U.K. Expansion
Einride has entered a three-year partnership with PepsiCo, and its electric trucks will begin doing delivers between Walkers manufacturing sites in Leicester and Coventry.

Reliable Robotics Wins U.S. Air Force Contract to Study Large Aircraft Automation
Reliable Robotics is developing automation and remote piloting for large, multi-engine cargo jets for the U.S. Air Force, as well as commercial customers.

ASI Logistics and SICK Enable Yard Trucks to Autonomously Reverse Into Trailers
ASI Logistics uses SICK lidar sensors to get data for its autonomous yard trucks to reverse into trailers, identify how hitch to them, and move them around safely.

Outrider Raises $73M Series C to Accelerate Adoption of Autonomous Yard Trucks
Outrider has received funding from the venture capital arms of NVIDIA and other investors to scale up its fleet to more customer sites.

Outrider Adds Robot Arms Using Deep Learning to Autonomous Yard Trucks
Outrider said its patented TrailerConnect technology can robotically attach brake and electric lines from yard trucks to semi-trailers, recognizing their differences.

Embark Provides First Autonomous Truck to Knight-Swift as Part of Truck Transfer Program
Embark Trucks has provided the first truck using its autonomy technology to carrier Knight-Swift for a Las Angeles-to-Phoenix route rather than operate the vehicle itself.

Einride Keeps on Trucking Autonomously With $500M Investment
Einride has raised $200 million in Series C equity and $300 million in a debt facility to continue developing and deploying its ecosystem of autonomous freight mobility.

Truck Unloading a Solvable Problem for Automation, Says Pickle Robot CEO
Truck unloading is a difficult task for distribution centers and warehouses, but Pickle Robot plans to lead the pack of companies working to automate it.

Pickle Robot Pilots Truck Unloading in Southern California, Raises Series A Funding
Pickle Robot, which is running pilots of its truck unloading robots, has raised $26 million and added executives to its team as it commercializes its technology.

5 Autonomous Trucking Companies Hauling Along
Robotics companies working on autonomous trucks continue to take on new partnerships as they develop their technologies.

Einride Completes Autonomous Truck Pilot on U.S. Public Road With GE Appliances
Einride has successfully tested its Eindride Saga electric, autonomous vehicle in Tennessee, and it plans to set up an office in Berlin to support German industry.

Waymo and J.B. Hunt Joined by Wayfair in Autonomous Trucking Pilot in Texas
Waymo's pilot with J.B. Hunt is expanding to include the first autonomous freight hauls for Wayfair with the goal of making self-driving transport commercially viable.



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