Two of Cathie Wood's ARK ETFs picked up over $123 million worth of the self-driving-truck company TuSimple on Thursday.

Jon Rainwater instructs safety drivers for Waymo Via, the self-driving company’s freight and deliveries unit. He enjoyed a lively career before joining Waymo in 2019 – early on as an Army intelligence analyst, and later transporting hazardous waste and driving trucks for many years. His exposure to the dangerous side […]

The autonomous-truck startup TuSimple on Tuesday announced a Series D investment of $US215 million. UPS, which last month announced it had taken a minority stake in TuSimple, is one of the Series D investors, along with CDH Investments and Mando Corporation. TuSimple has a valuation of $US1 billion. Visit Business […]

Daniel McCreary is a 47-year-old truck driver who lives in Centreville, Maryland. He’s been in the trucking business for decades, and he now hauls chicken feed for short distances throughout his workday of 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Automation and sinking trucker pay threaten America’s millions of truckers. Business Insider […]

The trucking industry is expected to be disrupted by driverless technology in the coming decades. There are 1.8 million truck drivers in the US. A new report by University of Pennsylvania sociologist Steve Viscelli suggests that not all 1.8 million jobs will be lost by driverless trucks. In fact, many […]

Tesla, Otto, and other tech firms are developing autonomous trucks. Legal experts and trucking analysts worry that current liability laws aren’t adapting to self-driving trucks. Current laws don’t allow a truck manufacturer to be sued if it designed or manufactured a truck that kills someone. Tesla, Otto, and other companies […]

In 2017, Anthony Levandowski was in the middle of a scandal involving Uber, his employer at the time, and Waymo, his former employer. He was accused of stealing trade secrets from Google’s self-driving car program. Levandowski was fired from Uber, and hasn’t been in the public sphere much since the […]

While Amazon fulfillment centres and other warehouses are full of technology, not all logistics executives and managers are gung-ho about all the automation options out there. Research shows that 60% of warehouse managers and executives don’t have plans to incorporate drones or self-driving cars in their warehouses. Truckers believe that […]

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