Outrider Gets $53 Million to Automate Truck Yards
Technology company Outrider closed out an early stage of financing with $53 million to automate truck yards, the company announced Feb. 19.
February 19, 2020GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Poised to Begin Electric Transformation
The last Chevrolet Impala will roll down the line next week at Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly, making way for the plant’s next phase: electric vehicles.
February 19, 2020Electric Trucks Must Reap Financial and Environmental Benefits, Execs Say
FONTANA, Calif. — The financial case must be just as sound as the environmental argument if electric trucks are to succeed in the marketplace, stakeholders said.
February 19, 2020Tesla Offers $2B in Added Shares, Stock Goes Up Despite Dilution
Shares of Tesla rose about 1.5% in trading the morning of Feb. 13 after the electric vehicle and solar panel maker said it would sell over $2 billion worth of additional shares.
February 13, 2020Federal Policymakers to Draft Self-Driving Vehicles Bill
WASHINGTON — Policymakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are aiming to draft a bipartisan measure that would guarantee the deployment of lifesaving technologies in self-driving vehicles, the chairman of a key committee said Feb. 11.
February 11, 2020Battery-Electric Nikola Tre to Be Made at Iveco Plant in Germany
Nikola Corp. and joint venture partners Iveco and FPT Industrial announced they will manufacture the battery-electric Nikola Tre model at Iveco’s plant in Ulm, Germany, beginning in 2021, after the facility undergoes a $43.9 million upgrade.
February 7, 2020NHTSA Grants First Approval for Vehicle Without Human Driver
For the first time, the U.S. government’s highway safety agency has approved a company’s request to deploy a self-driving vehicle that doesn’t meet federal safety standards for human-driven cars and trucks.
February 6, 2020Uber Gets OK to Restart Autonomous Car Testing in California
Uber has been granted permission from California regulators to test self-driving cars on state roads, the ride-sharing company announced Feb. 5.
February 6, 2020DOT Requests Public Comment on AV 4.0
The Department of Transportation and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy are inviting public comments on AV 4.0, the latest federal update of autonomous vehicle technology guidelines.
February 5, 2020Self-Driving Mass Transit Arrives on American Streets
An electric-powered shuttle funded mostly by the federal government will give residents access to services that have slowly vanished from a part of Columbus, Ohio.
February 5, 2020