Plus: Diesel prices stay stubbornly high as inventories are drawn down with winter looming.

Self-driving truck firm Einride will soon begin using a Central Texas highway as a test bed for its purpose-built, cabless autonomous freight vehicles. Einride is partnering with SH 130 Concession Co.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Peterbilt 579 powered by the Aurora Driver. (Aurora/Courtesy of Aurora) As robotaxis have expanded, seeing autos with no one in ...

California’s highways have a new kind of trucker — and this one doesn’t need a lunch break. A robot truck is now hauling loads of California produce down the highway, giving the state its first ...

SACRAMENTO, California — For years, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has swatted down union-backed efforts to shield trucking jobs from automation. Now, politically powerful union leaders are pushing his ...

Near the Mojave Desert, on the Arizona-California border, freight trucks drive in and out of the Topock weigh station. If you speed past the dusty roadside stop you likely wouldn’t notice anything ...

It looked like just another big rig rolling down a Texas interstate, a sight that inspired a thousand country songs. But this delivery in May was different because there was no driver at the wheel.

AI is making lots of people wonder whether technology will take our jobs. Well, truck drivers, they've been wondering that for a while. Yesterday, we reported on how technology can make big rigs ...

A big rig left Houston, Texas, in the middle of the night with nobody inside. By morning, it had completed a 230-mile delivery near Dallas right on schedule. There was no driver, no backup operator ...

California's Department of Motor Vehicles on Monday closed the public comment period on its proposed testing and deployment rules for driverless cars. On Tuesday it opened the doors to a public ...

Autonomous cars stir up plenty of emotions in drivers. Some folks lament the fact that their children and grandchildren will never know the joys of driving. (Future children and grandchildren stuck in ...