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Embark Provides First Autonomous Truck to Knight-Swift as Part of Truck Transfer Program

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…of the approximately $730 billion-a-year U.S. highway truck freight market. The San Francisco-based company claimed that it has America’s longest-running self-driving truck program and that it partners with some of the largest shippers and carriers in the nation. Embark announced plans to raise $614 million in a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger in June 2021. It planned to establish a…

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Kodiak Robotics to Launch Autonomous Truck Ports with Pilot Company

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…sensitive surface transportation for the U.S. Postal Service, expanding the company's service to Florida. Earlier this year, Kodiak announced a new route between Dallas and Oklahoma City with CEVA Logistics and a route between Dallas and Atlanta with U.S. Xpress. The company has been delivering freight commercially since 2019 and currently has six routes that run regularly between Dallas and…

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Aurora and FedEx Expand Autonomous Trucking Pilot in Texas Ahead of Schedule

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…Volvo Trucks, Uber Freight, Toyota, U.S. Xpress, Werner, and Covenant. Its announcement came after a week of trucking partnerships. Aurora marks autonomous truck momentum In March 2022, Aurora's next-generation autonomous trucks – based on the new Peterbilt 579 – began to transport FedEx shipments between Aurora’s new terminals in Fort Worth and El Paso. Aurora is making the 600-mi. trip…

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Embark and U.S. Xpress Partner to Add Nationwide Terminal Network for Autonomous Transfer Point Operations

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…Trucks Inc. today announced that U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. has joined the Embark Partner Development Program and plans to add its terminals to the Embark Coverage Map. The partners claimed that it is the first time a carrier fleet's properties will join an autonomous truck developer's transfer point network. “Through our partnership with U.S. Xpress, we have identified a unique…

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Kodiak Robotics Partners With U.S. Xpress for Autonomous Trucking Deliveries from Dallas-Fort Worth to Atlanta

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…in the southern and western U.S., they are beginning to expand. Kodiak Robotics Inc. today said it has partnered with U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. to launch autonomous freight service between Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta. U.S. Xpress' trucks will use Kodiak's autonomy technology. Founded in 2018, Kodiak Robotics said it has designed its technology stack specifically to make long-haul trucks safer…

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Uber’s Otto Self-Driving Autonomous Truck Makes It’s First (Budweiser Beer) Run

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…safe and productive future across U.S. highways, explaining that with an Otto-equipped vehicle, truck drivers will have the opportunity to rest during long stretches of highway while the truck continues to drive and make money for them. While there are many pros and cons to the self-driving truck debate, some anecdotal and some on the record, one cannot overlook the…

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