Are you ready to share the highways with 80,000-pound trucks that drive themselves? Well, it may take a while, but they’re coming. And all agree that like all autonomous vehicles, they will be electric vehicles.
Autonomous truck startup Humble has emerged from stealth, and announced a prototype of a fully autonomous, cabless electric hauler designed for freight transportation. The company has raised $24 million in seed funding, led by investment firm Eclipse.
The Humble Hauler was designed from the ground up, taking advantage of the latest AV/EV technology. The company has developed a universal platform that supports multiple vehicle configurations. The first vehicle will be built to move shipping containers.
Removing the cab makes the hauler “significantly lighter” than a traditional Class 8 tractor/trailer, and the vehicle’s design enables 360° coverage of its surroundings with camera, LiDAR, and radar, which “allows for true dock-to-dock operation.” The hauler uses vision-language-action (VLA) models that “allow it to reason about the world and take the right action even in scenarios it’s never experienced.”
“For the first time, freight can be fully automated all the way to the loading dock,” said Eyal Cohen, Humble’s founder and CEO. “We are making freight sustainable, safe and efficient, and we’re doing it with an exceptional team of industry veterans and AV experts. Our first vehicle was completed in just six months.”
Humble has completed its first prototype, and is now partnering with logistics and supply chain firms to begin autonomous testing and commercialization pilots. The new funding will support continued development of next-generation vehicles, initial pilot deployments, and early manufacturing.
“Humble is operating at an unprecedented pace,” said Jiten Behl, Partner at Eclipse and Humble board member. “They understand that autonomous trucking isn’t just a software problem—it requires a full-stack rethink across hardware, AI and electrification.”
Source: Humble
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