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imaginAviation 2024 Panel: How Ideas Become Innovation
Innovation. Resistance. Transformation. Collaboration. These ideas paved the way for a panel discussion at imaginAviation 2024, featuring guest John Marinaro, Torc's Vice...
Torc Robotics Wins 2024 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award
Blacksburg, VA — March 21, 2024 — Torc Robotics announced today that it was named a winner in the Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards program by The Business Intelligence Group. As the world’s leading autonomous...
Understanding the Levels of Autonomy: 0-1-2
Depending on how much time you spend watching the news, you may hear a lot about "self-driving vehicles," and you may even hear speculation about how they can do everything from drive themselves to rescuing and...
Torc Robotics Names Richard Kannan as New Chief Financial Officer
Kannan officially joins Torc’s executive leadership team to head financial operations in support of the company’s go-to-market strategy BLACKSBURG, Va – March 14, 2024 - Torc Robotics, an independent subsidiary of...
Bhuvana Ramachandran Joins Torc Robotics’ Engineering and Release Organization as VP of Engineering
With 18 years of experience, Ramachandran will leverage her skillset in delivering complex integrated systems to lead the development and deployment of autonomous driving technology BLACKSBURG, Va – March 7, 2024 -...
When will self-driving semi-trucks be commercially available?
Torc’s self-driving semi-trucks will be commercially available in 2027.
When will Torc’s self-driving semi-trucks be on the road?
Our self-driving semi-trucks are currently on the road in a testing capacity. With a just-in-case safety driver behind the wheel and a safety conductor in the passenger seat, our trucks are driving through Arizona,...
Becoming an Autonomous Vehicle Engineer – Part 1: Beginning the Journey
Part 1 of 3 in Torc’s series about how to prepare for a career creating autonomous vehicles. Imagine creating a machine that can perform all the complex decisions and behaviors that a human can while operating a motor...
New Talent, Technology and Partners: Daimler Truck and Torc Enter Fifth Year of Collaboration With Eyes on the Future
(Blacksburg, Va./Stuttgart, Germany – January 16, 2023) - As Torc Robotics and Daimler Truck AG enter their fifth year of partnership, the companies are focused on bringing top talent into the organization and building...
Where is Torc located?
Our headquarters are in Blacksburg, Virginia. We also have locations in Texas, Canada, and Michigan.
Will self-driving trucks drive in cities?
Our first market-available generation of self-driving trucks will exclusively drive on highway roads and interstates. Our Torc trucks are targeting middle mile journeys, or any route over 250 miles in length. We've...
Torc in Glassdoor’s Top 25 ‘Best Places to Work in 2024,’ According to Our Employees
Torc is pleased to announce we have been named a winner of Glassdoor’s 16th annual Employees’ Choice Awards, honoring the Best Places to Work 2024 in the category of Small and Medium Businesses. Unlike other workplace...
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Torc Robotics Recognized as a 2024 Public Relations and Marketing Excellence Awards Winner
Torc Robotics is proud to announce that it has been named a winner in the 2024 Public Relations and Marketing Excellence Awards, presented by the Business Intelligence Group. The 2024 Public Relations and Marketing...
Daimler Truck subsidiary Torc Robotics achieves Driver-Out Validation Milestone
Autonomous driving company, Torc Robotics, backed by Daimler Truck achieves driver-out capability on closed course in Texas as it works toward a 2027 commercial launch. Conducted at full operating speed of up to 65...
Torc autonomous trucking technology reaches another milestone
https://www.fleetowner.com/technology/article/55239262/daimler-backed-torc-robotics-advances-self-driving-truck-technology-on-track-for-2027-deployment
Torc Robotics Performs Successful Fully Autonomous Product Validation
BLACKSBURG, Va – Oct. 29, 2024 – Torc Robotics, an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG and a pioneer in commercializing self-driving vehicle technology, today announced it began successful advanced validation of...
Torc Robotics Expands Leadership Team with New VP of HR Operations and VP of Global Talent Management
Lisa Nelms and Annie Reape bring nearly four decades of experience toTorc Robotics' HR team BLACKSBURG, Va – Oct. 24, 2024 – Torc Robotics, an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG and a pioneer in commercializing...