Embark Trucks · self-driving truck
Embark autonomous truck
Peterbilt 579
Peterbilt 579 tractors retrofitted with Embark's deep-learning driving system for highway hauls with a safety driver. Embark wound down in early 2023 after failing to raise more money.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
A discontinued vehicle from Embark Trucks.
Real-world use
Ran supervised freight runs including loads for Amazon reported in January 2019; laid off about 70% of staff and explored liquidation in March 2023.
Maker
Embark TrucksCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Safety driver on board
- Where it runs
- US Southwest interstates (supervised testing)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current vehicles.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
From the maker
Embark autonomous truck (Peterbilt 579) is the only vehicle from Embark Trucks in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Embark autonomous truck (Peterbilt 579)Embark Trucks |  Waymo Via autonomous Class 8 truckWaymoSame jobs: freight, long-haul trucking · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Ike autonomous truckIke RoboticsSame jobs: freight, long-haul trucking · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Locomation Autonomous Relay ConvoyLocomationSame jobs: freight, long-haul trucking · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
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| First shown | 2017-02 | 2017 | 2018 | 2020 |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued | Retired | Discontinued |
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Sources
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