{"id":7686,"date":"2026-09-25T20:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7686"},"modified":"2026-09-25T20:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:56:22","slug":"thieves-stole-nvidia-trailers-they-got-20-tons-of-sand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7686","title":{"rendered":"Thieves Stole \u2018Nvidia\u2019 Trailers. They Got 20 Tons of Sand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"lead-in-text-callout\">On Thursday morning,<\/span> a top executive at self-driving truck developer PlusAI received an unexpected congratulatory text message from an acquaintance. \u201cI have been proud of you for your adventure and success at Plus. Just saw two of your trucks near my work place! :)\u201d the message said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">But PlusAI\u2019s trucks weren\u2019t supposed to be near this person\u2019s office, in Newark, California. As of the last the company knew, the trailers were docked outside its warehouse, half a mile away. Soon, according to a police statement, cops were on the scene to help recover the two trailers, emblazoned with logos for PlusAI and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/tag\/nvidia\/\" class=\"text link\">Nvidia<\/a>, the most valuable company in the world. The two companies are working together on AI software and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/trucks-move-past-cars-road-autonomy\/\" class=\"text link\">autonomous truck technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">That\u2019s when PlusAI employees gave police a hint as to why whoever hooked their own cabs up to the trailers and drove away might have abandoned the whole thing after breaking them open: Each trailer was full of about 20,000 pounds of sand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cPlusAI uses simulated loads in its trailers to assist with research and development testing,\u201d says Lauren Kwan, a company spokesperson. The trailers were recovered with \u201c40,000 pounds of sand intact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">PlusAI\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/autonomous-vehicles-transportation-truckers-employment\/\" class=\"text link\">tech-enabled truck cabs<\/a>\u2014where the driver typically sits and controls the vehicle\u2014were parked inside its warehouse and weren\u2019t taken, Kwan says. The trailers were secured with hand locks, which were broken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The case is under investigation, and no arrests have been made, says Amy Gee, a spokesperson for the Fremont Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Nvidia didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The incident comes at a time of rising theft targeting high-value computer equipment, especially chips and other electronics meant for use in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/tag\/data-centers\/\" class=\"text link\">data centers<\/a>. In August, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/the-worst-ive-ever-seen-cargo-thieves-are-turning-violent-in-pursuit-of-ai-hardware\/\" class=\"text link\">WIRED revealed<\/a> two California incidents in which thieves deliberately struck the vehicles of security escorts that follow high-value tech loads to ensure they reach their destinations. The trucks involved were then driven to another destination. As of August, millions of dollars of data center equipment onboard had not been recovered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">This year, thieves have also targeted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/truckloads-of-tesla-batteries-keep-getting-stolen-before-they-even-leave-the-factory\/\" class=\"text link\">Tesla batteries<\/a> and various bitcoin mining machines. Authorities have arrested suspects in some cases, but many crimes remain unsolved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Some of the most common targets of cargo theft in recent months across the US include metals and enterprise-grade computer and networking equipment, according to Verisk CargoNet, an analytics and risk assessment firm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">This story has a happier ending. By Thursday afternoon, the sand trailers were back with PlusAI, the Fremont Police Department said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/thieves-stole-nvidia-trailers-they-got-20-tons-of-sand\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday morning, a top executive at self-driving truck developer PlusAI received an unexpected congratulatory text message from an acquaintance. \u201cI have been proud of you for your adventure and success at Plus. Just saw two of your trucks near my work place! :)\u201d the message said. 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