#autonomoustrucks — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/dk/81381/ Volvo Autonomous Solutions and DSV announce autonomous #Aurora #autonomous #AutonomousTrucks #Dallas #DSV #FreightOperations #SelfDriving #SupplyChain #VolvoTrucksNorthAmerica

Big news in autonomous trucking! Kodiak is partnering with Bosch to scale up its self-driving tech, aiming to get their systems into more trucks, faster. Are we ready for a highway full of robot big rigs?
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/kodiak-taps-bosch-to-scale-its-self-driving-truck-tech/
#AutonomousTrucks #Bosch #KodiakAI #FutureOfTransport #TechNews

China Tests 5G-Powered Autonomous Mining Trucks In Extreme Altitudes #artificalintelligence #autonomoustrucks #china #huawei #robots

https://www.lowyat.net/2025/375588/china-5g-autonomous-mining-trucks/

#Ordos, a sparsely populated Chinese city, has become a #testingground for #autonomousvehicles due to its wide roads and minimal traffic. The city’s #transformation from a failed property development to a tech hub reflects #China’s strategy of turning infrastructure failures into opportunities. While Ordos provides ideal conditions for testing #autonomoustrucks, its lack of pedestrian traffic limits its potential for consumer-focused applications. https://restofworld.org/2025/china-ordos-ghost-city-autonomous-vehicles?eicker.news #China #Tech #ChinaTech

Weekly output: Mark Vena podcast, Verizon customer service, AI fair use, Comcast ditches data caps, Aurora’s autonomous trucks, age verification for porn sites, Universal Service Fund, Trump tariffs

The first half of this year is almost in the books, which means I’m thinking of a few longer pieces that I’d meant to have seen published and paid for by now but instead have yet to start writing.

Patreon readers got an extra post from me this week: a recap of how Uber rides in Mexico City helped me realize how much trouble cheap Chinese EVs are going to cause for Tesla.

6/23/2025: Ep 112 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Apple WWDC 25, Apple Intelligence, OpenAI device, Trump phone, Mark Vena

I suggested that this podcast cover the exercise in commercialized cult worship that is Trump Mobile. Two days after we recorded the show, that site’s description of the T1 phone that it plans to sell changed from “proudly made right here in the USA” to “brought to life right here in the USA.”

6/24/2025: Verizon Touts Upgraded Customer Service Push: Will It Make a Difference?, PCMag

Put me down as a skeptic of the difference that customer service can make in broadband: I can’t remember when I last called either my wireless carrier or my Internet provider for help.

6/24/2025: Judge: It’s Fair Use to Train AI on Books You Bought, But Not Ones You Pirated, PCMag

I found this case interesting for two reasons: It did not involve any claims of AI plagiarism and it allowed for a distinction between training AI models on purchased content and training it on pirated material. That last point should have Silicon Valley nervious, since so many large firms–hi, Meta–could not resist taking that copyright-infringing shortcut.

6/26/2025: Comcast’s New Plans Dump the Data Caps, PCMag

This is a post I have wanted to be able to write for years. I guess seeing enough subscribers flee for unlimited-data offerings of fiber and fixed-wireless services had a persuasive effect on Comcast’s management that my own posts denouncing this exercise in abuse of market power did not.

6/27/2025: Aurora hits a self-driving trucking milestone, Fast Company

One of my editors suggested that Aurora launching commercial deliveries via its self-driving trucks meant it was time to revisit the company I’d profiled for Fast Co. last summer. Conveniently enough, Aurora’s president Ossa Fisher was one of the speakers at Web Summit Vancouver, allowing me to interview her IRL during that conference.

6/27/2025: Sorry, Pornhub Fans: Supreme Court Upholds Texas Age-Verification Law, PCMag

I had this case on my list of opinions to look for on the Supreme Court’s site Friday morning, with an idea that my lede would have to reference Avenue Q’s “The Internet Is For Porn” regardless of the outcome. I’m surprised nobody else seems to have gone with that. After publication, my editor added statements about the decision from a few interested parties.

6/27/2025: That ‘Universal Service Charge’ on Your Phone Bill Isn’t Going Away, PCMag

As I was working on a post about the Texas case, I saw this opinion pop up and realized that I should write about that as well. In the hours that passed, my inbox accumulated comments from a variety of groups–including telecom trade associations that in other scenarios want the government to butt out–applauding this decision.

6/28/2025: For Electronics Makers in Latin America, the Roller-Coaster Ride Is Worse Than Just Paying a High Tariff, PCMag

I started writing this piece from my hotel in Mexico City hours before my departure and then needed another week to check with NielsenIQ to see if they had any stats about the effects of tariffs on the country and then find time to finish and file the thing.

#ageVerification #AITraining #Anthropic #Aurora #autonomousTrucks #autonomousVehicles #Comcast #ComcastDataCaps #copyright #dataCaps #ElectronicsHomeMexico #FirstAmendment #LLMs #MarkVena #podcast #SupremeCourt #tariffs #UniversalServiceFund #USF #VerizonCustomerService #VerizonSupport #Vz #Xfinity

Autonomous trucks in Texas, no safety driver

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/01/autonomous-vehicles-trucks-aurora-texas-pastries

#HackerNews #AutonomousTrucks #Texas #NoSafetyDriver #FutureOfTransportation #Innovation

Driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/business/first-driverless-semis-started-regular-routes

#HackerNews #DriverlessSemis #AutonomousTrucks #LonghaulRoutes #FutureOfTransport #InnovationInTransport

»#KodiakRobotics has officially handed off two #autonomoustrucks to customer #AtlasEnergySolutions, marking the startup’s first commercial launch.« https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/24/kodiak-has-made-its-first-driverless-truck-deliveries-to-customer-atlas-energy/?eicker.news #tech #media

BMW i Ventures invests in autonomous truck technology company Kodiak Robotics - BMW’s Silicon Valley-based venture capital arm is investing in Kodiak Robotics, a ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/E5rEg4DZyp4/ #self-drivingtrucks #autonomousdriving #autonomoustrucks #transportation #kodiakrobotics #bmwiventures #tc

Waymo and JB Hunt partner to bring autonomous trucks to Texas in new pilot - Waymo will be moving freight for a major customer of transportation logistics comp... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/HxNiIbnU3Vs/ #autonomoustransportation #autonomoustrucking #autonomousdriving #autonomoustrucks #transportation #automotive #waymo

ISEE brings autonomy to shipping yards with self-driving container trucks - Robotaxis may still be a few years out, but there are other industries that can be... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/tZYLuQ9NU-U/ #artificialintelligence #autonomousvehicles #self-drivingtrucks #autonomoustrucks #self-drivingcars #fundings&exits #transportation #recentfunding #automotive #logistics #hardware #robotics #startups #shipping #funding #isee #tc

Aurora and Volvo partner to bring autonomous long-haul trucks to North America - The autonomous vehicle startup Aurora Innovation said Tuesday it has reached an agreement with Volvo... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/-mIaoTeYgh8/ #aurorainnovation #autonomoustrucks #transportation #automotive #volvo

California bill would require all self-driving vehicles to be zero emission by 2025 - California might be the first state to give self-driving cars a deadline to electrify.
In mid-Februa... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/qF21oxkkFBk/ #selfdrivingvehicles #autonomousvehicles #autonomoustrucks #transportation #automotive #argoai #aurora #cruise #waymo #ford #nuro #tc #gm

Daimler invests in lidar company Luminar in push to bring autonomous trucks to highways - Daimler’s trucks division has invested in lidar developer Luminar as part of a broader partnership... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/3ziuqctX8yI/ #autonomoustrucks #transportation #recentfunding #torcrobotics #automotive #startups #daimler #luminar

Waymo and TuSimple autonomous trucking leaders on the difficulty of building a highway-safe AI - TuSimple and Waymo are in the lead in the emerging sector of autonomous trucking; TuSimple founder... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/o8jwIZ44Kp8/ #artificialintelligence #autonomousvehicles #autonomoustrucks #transportation #borissofman #logistics #xiaodihou #robotics #startups #tusimple #waymo #tc

TuSimple seeking $250 million in new funding to scale self-driving trucks - TuSimple, the self-driving truck startup backed by Sina, Nvidia, UPS and Tier 1 supplier Mando Corp... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/AdCi7IWu4kw/ #self-drivingtrucks #autonomoustrucks #recentfunding #morganstanley #ikerobotics #automotive #startups #tusimple #embark