Category: self-driving truck

Alphabet’s Waymo, Uber Freight in Deal for Future Self-Driving Trucks

Waymo Via, the self-driving trucking unit of Alphabet Inc., and Uber Technology Inc.’s Freight business on Tuesday said they signed a long-term strategic partnership that would allow future customers to deploy autonomous trucks more efficiently. The companies did not share a timeline for when their partnership could be used by paying customers, and Waymo and…


Brazil’s Vale Launches Self-Driving Trucks at Its Largest Iron Mine Carajas

RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazilian miner Vale SA said on Thursday it had begun using self-driving trucks for the first time at its Carajas complex, its largest iron ore mining operation, as it continues to expand its use of the driverless technology. Vale expects to boost productivity and safety by using the trucks to haul iron ore,…