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Chinese autonomous trucking startup TuSimple will delist itself from the Nasdaq stock exchange as it moves forward with its plan to fully exit the U.S. market. The company announced Wednesday…

TuSimple is leaving the Nasdaq as it exits the US

Ten of TuSimple’s autonomous big rigs are set to be auctioned off later this month, just a few weeks after the self-driving trucking startup that went public in 2021 announced…

TuSimple’s self-driving trucks up for auction following US exit

When TuSimple went public in 2021 it was flying high as the leading self-driving trucks developer in the United States. Now — after a string of internal controversies and the…

Another blow for self-driving trucks as former industry leader abandons the US

Self-driving truck developer TuSimple may sell its U.S. business, the company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday. TuSimple, which is on the verge of being delisted from the Nasdaq stock…

TuSimple may sell US business as it turns attention to Asia

Autonomous trucking company TuSimple last week successfully completed a series of fully autonomous semi-truck runs on public roads in China without a human present in the vehicle and without human…

TuSimple tests removing human driver from self-driving truck in China

TuSimple, a publicly traded company developing self-driving trucks, is doing regular test runs on an expressway in Japan, marking its entrance into the island nation, the company said Tuesday. The…

TuSimple has started testing its self-driving truck tech in Japan

TuSimple, the once high-flying autonomous trucks company that went public in 2021, is restructuring and laying off about 30% of its global workforce as it works to preserve cash and…

TuSimple to lay off 30% of workforce, keep China business

Autonomous trucking company TuSimple’s stock shot up 28% Monday after the company narrowly dodged a delisting from the Nasdaq stock exchange. TuSimple’s stock closed at $1.06 per share. TuSimple reported…

TuSimple gets temporary reprieve from Nasdaq delisting

It wasn’t that long ago that self-driving trucks company TuSimple was on a tear — raising funds, locking in partnerships and hitting some development milestones that seemed to push it…

TuSimple continues its slide into the ether with new delisting warning

TuSimple co-founder Xiaodi Hou has refuted allegations from senior leadership that he was trying to poach staff for his new company. In a LinkedIn post, Hou said that he resigned…

TuSimple co-founder blames exit on CEO pay and autonomy downgrade

TuSimple’s co-founder Xiaodi Hou resigned from the company’s board of directors last week amid an internal investigation which sought to verify claims that Hou approached TuSimple employees about leaving the…

TuSimple co-founder resigns, accused of poaching staff for new venture

Update: CEO Cheng Lu said laid off workers will remain on the payroll for two months and will receive severance. Well, we knew it was coming. Self-driving trucking technology company TuSimple…

Self-driving truck company TuSimple to lay off 25% of workforce

Autonomous trucking technology company TuSimple plans to cut a chunk of its workforce, potentially as early as this week, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited “people familiar with…

Layoffs are coming for self-driving truck company TuSimple

Autonomous trucking technology company TuSimple and truck manufacturer Navistar have scrapped their deal to co-develop self-driving trucks, the companies said Monday. The move to end the partnership comes less than…

TuSimple and Navistar end deal to co-develop autonomous trucks

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TuSimple co-founders clap back, consolidation continues and Waymo reaches two milestones

TuSimple co-founder Xiaodi Hou was fired from his CEO, president and CTO posts by the autonomous trucking company’s board, according to a securities filing Monday. Hou, who co-founded TuSimple in 2015…

TuSimple CEO and co-founder fired by board over ties to Chinese startup Hydron

Autonomous trucking company TuSimple used its second-quarter earnings call to address an April crash during which one of the company’s autonomous trucks suddenly veered across the I-10 highway in Tuscon,…

TuSimple addresses autonomous truck crash during Q2 earnings call

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A nascent Nuro challenger from China has its sight set on the delivery market in the U.S. and just raised some seed funding to advance its ambitions. Whale Dynamic, a…

China’s driverless delivery startup Whale Dynamic targets US market with $2.5M funding

Testing autonomous vehicles on public roads is an expensive and time-consuming endeavor, and one that Raquel Urtasun, former chief scientist at Uber ATG, doesn’t think is the most expedient route…

Waabi’s new simulator could scale autonomous vehicle tech faster

Autonomous trucking company TuSimple is preparing to scale its self-driving tech with the help of Nvidia’s newest system-on-a-chip (SoC), Drive Orin, the company announced at CES. The chip, which is…

TuSimple integrates Nvidia’s newest auto-grade chip to scale autonomous trucking

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Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple has completed its first autonomous truck run on open public roads without a human in the vehicle, according to the company. TuSimple’s Autonomous Driving System (ADS)…

TuSimple completes its first driverless autonomous truck run on public roads

Self-driving trucks developer TuSimple has reached a deal to integrate its autonomous vehicle technology into DHL Supply Chain’s operations. As part of the deal, the contract logistics giant has reserved…

TuSimple locks in self-driving trucks deal with DHL

Waymo Via, the delivery division of Alphabet’s self-driving arm, is expanding its existing partnership with UPS to carry freight via autonomous Class 8 trucks. The six-week pilot, which kicked off…

Waymo Via expands UPS partnership to include autonomous freight with Class 8 trucks

Self-driving trucks startup TuSimple signaled it is close to testing its system without a human safety operator on public roads before the end of the year. During the startup’s third-quarter…

TuSimple aims to test self-driving trucks on public roads without human safety operator by EOY

Supply chain and fleet management solutions company Ryder is partnering with yet another autonomous trucking company. On Thursday, Ryder announced its plans to help Embark launch a nationwide network of…

Ryder to build logistics network with autonomous trucking company Embark

TuSimple, the self-driving truck company that went public earlier this year, has partnered with Ryder as part of its plan to build out a freight network that will support its…

TuSimple’s self-driving truck network takes shape with Ryder partnership

Five-year old self-driving truck startup Embark Trucks Inc. said Wednesday it would merge with special purpose acquisition company Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. II in a deal valued at $5.2 billion.…

Autonomous trucking startup Embark to go public in $5.2B SPAC deal

Kodiak Robotics, the U.S.-based self-driving truck startup, is partnering with South Korean conglomerate SK to explore the possibility of deploying its autonomous vehicle technology in Asia. The ultimate aim of…

Self-driving truck startup Kodiak partnering with SK Group to expand into Asia