Humble Hauler autonomous trailer takes the truck out of trucking

The startup that dares to ask, “Why does the Macbook driving my freight around need a whole cab?” just showed off a fully driverless, cab-less, and truck-less battery-electric freight platform designed to handle containerized cargo more efficiently than ever.

Instead of looking at the tractor and asking how to make it work without a driver, Humble looked at the trailer, itself, redesigning the container chassis as a vehicle from the ground up. The end result isn’t just an autonomous solution, it’s an overall lighter platform without a cab that saves shippers the weight of a sleeper cab, a day cab, or the truck at all.

The Humble approach is said to improve payload efficiency of shipping containers, and intended for dock-to-dock operation.

“I have dedicated my career to building electric and autonomous vehicle technology,” explains Eyal Cohen, Humble Robotics’ founder and CEO. “For the first time, freight can be fully automated all the way to the loading dock. We are making freight sustainable, safe and efficient in a way no one thought was possible. And we’re doing it with an exceptional team of industry veterans and AV experts.”