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Thieves steal Nvidia-branded PlusAI trailers, find only sand inside

Two trailers bearing Nvidia and PlusAI logos were stolen from the autonomous trucking startup's facility, according to Wired. The trailers, which were parked outside and secured only with hand locks, actually contained 20,000 pounds of sand each used for road-testing simulations rather than any AI hardware. The theft was discovered after an acquaintance of a PlusAI executive spotted the trailers near their workplace.

Aurora expands driverless truck fleet in Texas, targets 200 trucks by year-end

Aurora Innovation is running fully autonomous semi trucks without safety drivers on two of the busiest freight corridors in Texas, I-45 between Houston and Dallas and I-20 between Fort Worth and El Paso. The company currently operates 20 driverless trucks and plans to expand to 200 by the end of the year, betting on a pay-per-mile 'driver as a service' model for freight customers.