ACT Expo 2026 once again brought together the most influential voices in commercial transportation in Las Vegas. As North America’s largest advanced transportation technology event, the May 4-7 event served as a key meeting point where innovation, policy, and real-world deployment converged.
Torc trucks were front in center in not one booth, but two. Penske Transportation Solutions and Torc’s parent company, Daimler Truck, were both event presenting sponsors, and each took the opportunity to showcase Torc autonomous-ready Freightliner Cascadia vehicles, featuring TorcDrive, in their booths.
“I think the hurdles have shifted,” said Peter Vaughan Schmidt, Torc CEO, during the Virtual Driver Revolutionizing Trucking and Logistics panel on Tuesday, May 5. “In the past, it was really proving that your technology is really working. And as things come together both with compute and with range and end to end AI, I think the real hurdle is proving to customers that it seamlessly fits and provides a better fit for them — that you can run autonomous trucks from point to point, not just hub to hub.”
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“We are the only ones that actually run on production-intent hardware and software. That’s needed for scale… at low cost, high quality and high volume,” said Peter. “That’s our race to produce a safe and scalable product for our customers.”
The 2026 event spotlighted the technologies shaping the future of fleets, including autonomous vehicles, battery-electric, hydrogen fuel cell, and near-zero emissions solutions, along with the infrastructure and software required to scale them. Industry leaders, OEMs, fleet operators, utilities, and policymakers shared insights focused on accelerating the transition to cleaner, more efficient transportation.
Beyond the exhibit hall, ACT Expo 2026 offered in-depth educational sessions covering total cost of ownership, charging and fueling strategies, regulatory updates, and real-world case studies from fleets already leading the transition.
With collaboration and innovation at its core, ACT Expo 2026 helped fleets conceptualize and jumpstart the move from ambition to action, and Torc was there as a physical representation of that action, twice over.
