California thieves steal Nvidia-branded trailers; find 40,000 pounds of sand

Two Nvidia-branded trailers belonging to autonomous-trucking company PlusAI were stolen from outside its warehouse in Fremont, California, on September 23, 2026. The trailers were associated with PlusAI's work with Nvidia on autonomous-driving technology, but instead of carrying GPUs, servers or other expensive AI equipment, each contained about 20,000 pounds of sand. The pair therefore carried roughly 40,000 pounds, or 20 tons, of sand. PlusAI uses the material as simulated cargo during autonomous-truck testing to reproduce the weight of real freight. The trailers were later discovered in nearby Newark after an acquaintance of a PlusAI executive spotted them, while police continued investigating the theft.California thieves found sand inside the Nvidia-branded trailersThe two trailers were parked outside PlusAI's Fremont facility when they were taken overnight. Their locks were broken and the thieves apparently arrived with tractor units, connected them to the trailers and drove away. Both trailers prominently displayed PlusAI and Nvidia branding, reflecting the companies' work in autonomous trucking and artificial intelligence.The company's autonomous-driving truck cabs remained ...