Self-driving truck developer Torc Robotics, a subsidiary of Daimler Truck, is opening a new office and autonomous trucking hub in Dallas-Fort Worth in the first half of 2025. The company is also building out a new team in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Torc says it’s transferring operations and facilities from its original testing location in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and its technology hub in Stuttgart, Germany, during the first half of 2025.
Founded in 2005 by a group of Virginia Tech graduate students, Torc is headquartered in Blacksburg, Virginia, with locations in New Mexico, Texas, Canada, and Germany.
Dallas Innovates reached out to Torc to confirm the DFW hub’s location. A spokesperson said the company couldn’t confirm the address at this time, but “can do so early in 2025.”
A scene like this is coming to Dallas-Fort Worth in 2025. [Photo: Torc Robotics]
Why the moves to DFW and Ann Arbor? Torc says it’s building its workforce “in locations that best support our commercial business needs in the U.S.”
Torc will be shifting many of its Albuquerque resources to DFW and starting a hiring push here and in Ann Arbor, with over 100 jobs slated for creation in each location “over the coming months.”
Moving into the ‘productization phase’—with a lane planned from DFW to Laredo
“Torc continues to be in a period of growth and reinvestment, while consistently evolving the business at a rapid pace,” Andrew Culhane, Torc’s chief commercial officer, said in November on the company’s website. “We’re being deliberate about where we spend our time, energy, and resources as we move from the R&D and advanced engineering phases of our development lifecycle, and into the productization phase.”
Torc said its need for highly skilled workers in the fields of AI, machine learning, simulation, systems engineering, and data analysis “has skyrocketed.” The company has an existing fully remote employee base in Michigan operating already, as it aims to support “revolutionary change” in logistics and freight transportation.
Torc said it’s shifted its focus to Dallas-Fort Worth to realize its commercialization strategy timeline as it prepares to go live on its first autonomous “launch lane” between DFW and Laredo.
“The Albuquerque and Stuttgart locations were critical for our development phases, as we tested on New Mexico highways and developed specifications for our product in Stuttgart,” Culhane said. “As we shift focus to testing on our launch lane from DFW to Laredo and developing a world-class team, we need to locate our resources in the areas that align with our future plans and lay the foundation for scaling the business to our customers’ needs.”
Torc joins other autonomous trucking companies including Kodiak Robotics, Aurora Innovation, Waymo, and Gatik in making North Texas a key hub for reimagining how truckloads can be moved on our highways and roadways.
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