Second generation Parallel Systems autonomous-electric rail vehicle. Vehicle is designed to carry cargo containers that might otherwise by transported by trucks or traditional freight trains. No ...

The business of moving goods in the United States is dominated by trucks, which handle about two-thirds of the 20.2 billion tons of freight that’s transported annually. Parallel Systems founder and ...

A California startup co-founded by three former SpaceX engineers has emerged from stealth with a plan to build autonomous electric vehicles to haul freight by rail, and has raised a sizable pot of ...

Culver City, Calif.-based Parallel Systems has been awarded a $4.4 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant to test its autonomous, battery-electric-powered railcar technology. DOE is ...

Parallel Systems is partnering with Genesee & Wyoming Railroad (G&W) to launch the commercial deployment of its railcars. Credit: Parallel Systems. Parallel Systems has announced plans to commence its ...

Mile-long, slow-moving diesel trains loaded with cargo chugging slowly across the U.S. could be a thing of the past one day if stealth startup Parallel Systems has its way. The Los Angeles company ...

Matt Soule, the co-founder and CEO of Parallel Systems, worked at SpaceX for 13 years and left in July 2019. Moving freight by rail takes far less energy than moving the same freight by long haul ...