Humble Robotics Raises $51M Series A for Cabless Electric Trucks

A truck with no cab

The Hauler has no cab for a driver, and Humble develops the truck and its driving software together as a single system. Without a cab, it is 20% lighter than traditional semi-trucks built for the same job, according to InsideEVs.

The vehicle moves freight between loading docks, linking ports, rail terminals, warehouses and distribution centres. The first version carries shipping containers, with a maximum range of 200 miles (about 320km) and a top speed of 55mph (about 90km/h).

Humble is targeting regional routes rather than long-distance haulage. In 2021, 87% of US truck freight by weight travelled less than 250 miles, according to the US Department of Energy.

What comes next

The company plans to use the funding for customer pilots, further testing and early manufacturing. It also wants to grow its modular platform into a wider family of vehicles for different freight jobs, and it is working with regulators ahead of commercial use.

Humble has not yet moved freight commercially. Founder and CEO Eyal Cohen has said customer pilots will begin in the first quarter of 2027, with commercial operations in the third quarter. Cohen, who previously worked on self-driving and electric vehicles at Apple, Uber and Waabi, said the harder question is no longer whether a truck can drive itself, but how to make autonomy something freight operators can depend on every day.

Mo Islam, a partner at Obvious Ventures, said the work could strengthen US supply chains and make goods movement between key sites more reliable. Rivals are also moving: Gatik raised $200m in August for driverless box trucks, and Lidl put Einride's cabless truck into daily service in Germany in September.