
After 20 years as an aerospace engineer, including 13 years at SpaceX, Matt Soule sought a new transportation challenge he could channel into a startup. He chose electric battery autonomous freight trains.
"I became really enamored with it because it was very energy efficient. But the problem was market share," Soule, the CEO of Los Angeles-based Parallel Systems, told Benzinga. Soule co-founded Parallel in 2020 to develop the driverless freight trains he envisioned.