By Denny Jacob
Embark Technology Inc. shares rose roughly 13% to $5.38 after the company reported its fourth-quarter results and highlighted progress with its autonomous vehicles.
The autonomous vehicle company posted a net loss of $76.4 million, or 24 cents a share, for the quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with a net loss of $6.5 million, or five cents a share, in the year-ago period.
Total assets rose to $291 million from $73 million.
The company said it secured 14,200 reservations for Embark-equipped autonomous trucks ahead of the 2024 commercial launch of the Embark Driver. It said the first trucks will be delivered to Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. by the end of 2022.
Embark said it partnered with real-estate firm Alterra to provide the company with access to transfer points in freight markets across the U.S. It said initial sites will be secured by the end of 2022.
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