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March 14, 2022

Trucksters raises €8m to help truckers have more nights at home

The company’s relay system means that truck drivers spend less time away from their families


Tim Smith

5 min read

“The hard thing about my job is that you can be away from my family a lot,” says Atila, a truck driver of four years, who doesn’t like to complain. But today, he says he’s got a lot less to complain about as, since November, he’s been driving for Trucksters, a Spanish startup that is trying to change the way that freight is transported.

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A Trucksters graphic, explaining the relay system
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The Trucksters founding team
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Two Trucksters trucks, ready to switch loads at a relay point
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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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