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Supply Chain Management and Self-Driving Trucking
In the vast world of logistics and supply chain management, it’s impossible to deny that trucking is an essential link. In the United States alone, trucking delivers approximately 70% of goods to retail locations nationwide. As we begin crafting more resilient...
Driverless Truck Infrastructure: What’s Required For a Self-Driving Fleet
When we think about autonomous vehicles and automated trucking companies, we often ask big-picture questions about self-driving as a whole: how do self-driving trucks work? Will autonomous vehicles reduce traffic congestion? Will self driving vehicles improve safety?...
Torc Announces New CEO
Blacksburg, VA – August, 18, 2022) Torc Robotics and Daimler Truck (DT) today announced a change to the executive team at Torc that will usher in the next era of leadership, product commercialization, and customer focus. Effective Oct. 1, Dr. Peter...
Torc Robotics Announces Penske Truck Leasing as Test Fleet Truck Maintenance Service Provider
(Blacksburg, VA – May 5, 2022) Torc Robotics, a pioneer in commercializing self-driving vehicle technology, today announced that Penske Truck Leasing will serve as the truck maintenance service provider for Torc’s autonomous test fleet. “Penske Truck Leasing’s...
Torc Stuttgart: Technology and Development Center Opening in Europe
(Blacksburg, Va. — April 6, 2022) Torc Robotics, an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck, is opening a technology and software development center in Stuttgart, Germany. Torc is a leader in SAE Level 4 self-driving vehicle software for heavy-duty vehicles....
Torc Announces Advisory Council to Foster Collaboration With Existing Logistics Companies
Advisory Council Includes Partners with Decades of Combined Experience in Parcel Delivery, Logistics, Technology, and More (Blacksburg, VA) Torc Robotics, a pioneer in commercializing autonomous vehicle technology, today announced the launch of the Torc Autonomous...
Sandeep Ohri Joins Torc as Senior VP of Product Management
(Blacksburg, Va.) Torc Robotics, an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, has named Sandeep Ohri Senior Vice President of Product Management. As Torc continues its development to commercialize autonomous trucks, the goal is to bring the first safe, profitable...
Marnie Young Joins Torc as Chief People Officer
(Blacksburg, Va.) Torc Robotics, an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, has named Marnie Young Chief People Officer. She will lead People Operations, Human Resources, Talent Acquisition,...
Torc expands footprint with new engineering office in Austin, Supporting fast growth in drive to commercialize self-driving trucks
(Blacksburg, Va. – January 6, 2021) Torc Robotics will open its third U.S. location in Austin, Texas, in early 2022. The approximately 21,000-square-foot office will complement the self-driving truck firm’s Blacksburg, Virginia, headquarters and its Albuquerque, New...
Torc collaborates with Applied Intuition to accelerate development & validation of autonomous trucks
Reposted from Applied Intuition MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, November 9, 2021: Torc Robotics, an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG and a leader in Level 4 self-driving vehicle software for heavy-duty vehicles, and Applied Intuition, a simulation and...
14 years after the DARPA Urban Challenge: How one race influenced the future of work, transport, and tech
Almost a decade and a half ago, a group of Torc'rs and Virginia Tech engineering students were gathered around a bank of screens: videos and data that would let them know if their entirely unmanned vehicle, Odin, had run off course, gotten stuck in a parking space, or...
Jane Bailey joins Torc as Vice President, Marketing & Communications
(Blacksburg, Va. – October 13, 2021) Torc Robotics, an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, hasnamed Jane Bailey Vice President of Marketing & Communications. Bailey is the former vice president ofmarketing and communications for GE Digital and for Luna...