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DOT inquiry signals new era of scrutiny for electric trucks
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (259+ words) WASHINGTON " Federal regulators are officially asking if the nation's trucking fleet is moving too fast toward electrification without a safety net. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, a modal agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, published on Friday a…...
Tesla to install Semi chargers at Pilot Travel Centers
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (218+ words) Pilot Travel Centers on Tuesday announced a partnership with Tesla to install Semi chargers at select locations to expand heavy-duty truck charging infrastructure. The Knoxville, Tenn.-based company is one of the largest travel center operators in the U.S., with more…...
Tesla highlights Semi truck progress in Q4 earnings results
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (368+ words) Tesla on Wednesday highlighted progress toward launching production of its long-delayed Tesla Semi truck as a key operational priority, as the company's profit plummeted 46% to $3.8 billion in 2025, marking a second consecutive year of declining profitability. Austin, Texas-based Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)…...
Waabi hauls in $750M Series C to become Canada’s newest autonomous vehicle unicorn
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (698+ words) Toronto-based Waabi announced Wednesday that it closed an oversubscribed $750 million Series C funding round. The autonomous vehicle technology company secured an additional milestone-based investment from Uber, bringing total available capital to $1 billion. The funding, the largest fundraise in Canadian history,…...
Gatik launches fully driverless commercial trucking operations
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (507+ words) Gatik announced on Tuesday that it has become the first company in North America to deploy fully driverless trucks in commercial operations at scale. The Mountain View, California-based autonomous trucking technology company now operates trucks with no human driver or…...
Texas court rules Landstar to pay 100% of $23M accident verdict
1+ week, 1+ day ago (427+ words) Freight broker Landstar System again called out elevated insurance and claims expenses ahead of a quarterly earnings report. In a Wednesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company outlined $22 million in insurance-related charges taken during the recent quarter....
Greenlane, Windrose team up on complimentary charging to accelerate electric truck adoption
1+ week, 1+ day ago (622+ words) Windrose is offering three months of complimentary charging on the Greenlane network with every purchase of a Windrose Global E700 electric truck, a move designed to accelerate adoption by addressing one of the industry's most persistent barriers: the total cost of…...
OOIDA warns of data bias in FMCSA safety inquiry
1+ week, 3+ day ago (325+ words) The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is challenging a federal plan to link driver work schedules to crash risks, arguing the study is built on biased data and flawed logic. In comments filed on Friday, OOIDA warned the Federal Motor Carrier…...
Shippers told autonomous technology could lure freight from trucks to rail
1+ week, 3+ day ago (621+ words) SCHAUMBURG, Ill. " If there's a white whale that railroads have long hunted, it's the goal of converting truck traffic to rail. Which is why a presentation about a relatively small Michigan mining operation using autonomous railcars " which might have seemed more…...
Why Robotaxis Keep Failing While AV Trucks Take the Slow Road to Safety
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1645+ words) Let's paint the picture. It's a typical school morning in Austin, Texas. A yellow school bus pulls to the curb, red lights flashing, stop arm extended, crossing control arm deployed. A child steps off the bus and begins crossing the…...