Kodiak Robotics is merging with a blank-check company to go public in a deal that values the self-driving truck startup at about $2.5 billion. Mountain View, Calif.-based Kodiak said it plans to ...

Chevy's Vortec 8100 — AKA the L18 ... The big V8 soldiered on in the Kodiak/TopKick trucks for a little while longer, but it just didn't make financial sense to keep the 8100 around anymore ...

These were later succeeded by the well-known Chevrolet Kodiak and GMC TopKick models ... about these two because "these massive commercial trucks are just a lost gem. I don't know if it's a ...