Neowin News Feed for: Truck

Ford announces all-electric version of its F-150 pickup truck

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:50:01 +0000

Today Ford confirmed that it will be bringing a fully electric edition of its popular F-150 pickup line to the market. A prototype of the electric truck was also teased in a promotional video. Read more...

Convoy crosses $1 billion valuation after raising $185 million in CapitalG-led funding

Ruel Revales — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 09:22:01 +0000

CapitalG, the investment arm of Google's parent Alphabet Inc., led a funding round that yielded $185 million for Convoy as the startup aims to bolster its digital freight booking business. Read more...

Tesla plans to make a pick-up truck after Model Y

Paul Hill — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:24:01 +0000

Elon Musk has revealed that Tesla plans to begin work on a pick-up truck vehicle after it has launched the Model Y. Musk said the truck will include a game-changing feature, but gave no details. Read more...

The first alleged images of Google's self-driving truck have surfaced

Faisal Ahmed — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 23:09:51 +0000

Google's self-driving vehicle division, Waymo, is currently testing its own autonomous trucks. The newly leaked images give us our first look at the alleged self-driving vehicle. Read more...

Amazon unveils Snowmobile: A large truck that will drive your data up to the cloud

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 10:46:01 +0000

Amazon has done the math to find out there's no faster or cheaper way to move around huge amounts of data, than by using a truck. Enter the Snowmobile, AWS's new mobile datacenter. Read more...

First driverless truck convoy goes to plan

Matthew Sims — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 07:04:01 +0000

Trucks slowing down traffic could be a thing of the past. A convoy of autonomous trucks which completed a round trip of Europe could indicate a future without truck drivers is right around the corner. Read more...

Samsung testing "Safety Truck" that lets you see what the driver sees, for road safety

Justin Luna — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:22:01 +0000

Overtaking a long truck can be difficult-- and dangerous. In line with this, Samsung plans to install cameras on trucks that show the driver's view, so it can be seen whether it's safe to pass or not. Read more...

Thieves hijack truck with lots of Xbox 360s

Mike Brown — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:14:50 +0000

Back in September, Xbox Europe launched a new TV and cinema advertising campaign called 'Cops and Robbers'. The ad, features three 'robbers' wearing ski masks running away from 'cops', holding what looks like a bag... Read more...

Ford squeezes an office into a truck

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 10:31:57 +0000

Ever wanted your vehicle to run Windows XP Professional? Well, if so, here's your chance! On Tuesday, Ford Motor Company has unveiled a newly designed F-Series truck that includes a touch-screen computer, printer, wireless Internet... Read more...

Scoop! Smile for the Google 3D Mapping Truck

Thu, 09 Jun 2005 15:16:36 +0000

Google plans to use trucks equipped with lasers and digital photographic equipment to create a realistic 3D online version of San Francisco, and eventually other major US cities. The move would trump Amazon's A9 service,... Read more...