Dude! Where’s my trailer? Outrider can find it

Outrider Inc., whose automated distribution yard robotics led to a $73 million capital raise in a brutal market for startup funding, is adding computer vision and deep learning to track wayward semi-trailers. The patent-pending trailer inventory technology provides real-time tracking of trailers and containers in yards. That includes trailers missing radio frequency identification tags. Trailers…

$400 million in federal grants targets truck pollution at ports

WASHINGTON — New ideas that reduce truck pollution at U.S. seaports will be considered for federal funding in a grant program rolled out Thursday by the Federal Highway Administration, according to FHWA chief Shailen Bhatt. The Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facilities Grant Program is a five-year, $400 million program authorized by the infrastructure…

Continental will build autonomous hardware for Aurora Innovation

In the latest sign of Aurora innovation scaling its autonomous trucking system, the startup is partnering with German supplier Continental AG to build the hardware. The exclusive partnership expects to make future generations of the Aurora Driver integrated hardware and software systems available in the U.S. in 2027. Aurora plans to launch its first driverless…