Two trailers belonging to PlusAI, a self-driving trucking company, were stolen late Wednesday from a Fremont warehouse. The trailers, emblazoned with PlusAI and Nvidia logos, contained 20 tons of sand used for research and development.
PlusAI spokesperson Lauren Kwan believes the joint branding with Nvidia made the trailers a target for thieves who assumed they contained valuable equipment. The trailers held 40,000 pounds of sand instead.
A friend of PlusAI's vice president of legal spotted the trailers in Newark and texted a photo, writing, "Just saw two of your trucks near my work place!" The company alerted authorities, who recovered both trailers.
By Thursday afternoon, Newark authorities and Fremont Police Department officers returned both trailers to PlusAI. No suspects have been arrested, and Fremont Police Department spokesperson Amy Gee said the investigation remains open.
Cargo theft targeting enterprise-grade computer equipment has surged in recent months across the United States, according to analytics firm Verisk CargoNet. Thieves have also targeted Tesla batteries and bitcoin mining machines this year.

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Those lousy thieves can go pound sand.

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sand used

I've had cats most of my life and know how much my childhood cat loved my childhood sandbox as her personal toilet. Kinda hoping it was 20 tons of sand used by cats as that'd be karmic justice for the thieves.