Otto Company Profile
We are Otto, the company rethinking the future of transportation - starting with self-driving trucks. We’re a team of forward-thinking technologists and innovators, dedicated to revolutionizing the way we approach transportation in America. We’ve come together from the world’s most forward-thinking companies to turn self-driving technology into a reality. At the heart of our vision is a belief that this technology that is the key to creating a more viable, efficient and above all, safer transportation future.
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Autonomous Lift Trucks Emerge
August 1, 2023
From labor shortages to demand for ever-improved operational flexibility, this typically ignored class of trucks offers a chance to rethink your processes and even how you approach materials handling.
Truckers Prepare For Era of Self-Driving Autonomous Trucks
November 22, 2018
There is a lot of work being done behind the scenes involving some of the biggest names in and out of transportation, when it comes to driverless cars and trucks.
Fate of Uber and Otto’s Autonomous Vehicles
March 17, 2017
Google's Waymo autonomous tech lawsuit against Uber and specifically against Anthony Levandowski, a former Waymo employee who left the company to start autonomous truck driving firm Otto, which Uber purchased for nearly $700 million, looks really bad for Uber.
Uber’s Otto Self-Driving Autonomous Truck Makes It’s First (Budweiser Beer) Run
October 27, 2016
The world's first shipment by a self-driving truck included 51,744 cans of Budweiser beer, with a tractor-trailer outfitted with Otto's self-driving kit hauling the beer 120 miles along Colorado's Interstate 25 on Oct. 20.
Self-driving truck makes its first (beer) run
October 26, 2016
Uber’s recent acquisition of self-driving truck startup company Otto last August turned a lot of heads in the trucking and logistics sectors, and this week it officially began to do the same over the road, hauling more than 50,000 cans, 51,744 to be exact, of Budweiser in Colorado from Fort Collins, through downtown Denver, to Colorado Springs, for a 120-mile haul, which Otto said represents the completion of the world’s first shipment by a self-driving truck.
Uber Wants Your Long Haul Trucking Business
September 28, 2016
Uber’s Otto co-founder promises the expansion of fleet, technology testing, partnerships with independent truckers and freight hauling by next year.
Uber Acquires Autonomous Truck Startup Otto
August 18, 2016
Uber announced it had acquired Otto, a 90-person start-up focused on developing self-driving truck technology that aims to upend the trucking and shipping industry.
Turning Truckers into Self-Driving Freight Haulers
May 17, 2016
Former employees of Google, Apple, Tesla, Cruise Automation, and others - 40 people in total - have formed a new San Francisco-based company called Otto with the goal of turning commercial trucks into self-driving freight haulers.