Donaldson hopes to release this solution in 2020 for commercial trucks, which will increase visibility for fleet managers and ultimately save money.

UPS hopes to hire 50,000 seasonal workers at 185 hiring fairs across the country.

FreightTech 25 winners will be interviewed live, and attendees will get to hear commentary on the state of the industry and the recession, as well as the outlook for 2020.

Among the resistant 30%, reasons to avoid dash cams range from protecting driver privacy to the fear of driver turnover.

Instead of providing square footage for dine-in customers, five restaurant operations will use the kitchen solely to prepare the food for delivery through DoorDash’s app.

This shift in Amazon’s logistics should make brick and mortar competitors like Walgreens, CVS, Walmart and Target nervous.

The amount paid by Uber for majority ownership of Cornership has not been disclosed.

Since 2018, Revel has expanded its fleets into Brooklyn, Queens and Washington, D.C. and plans to reach 10 cities by 2020.

Shippo’s 35,000 businesses can now easily create an account with UPS and those customers can receive its discounted daily shipping rates of up to 55%.

This means that customers can ship or drop off packages while they shop for yarn or Halloween decor.

Bird CEO Travis VanderZanden said that for the past year, positive unit economics has been Bird’s top priority for a sustainable long-term business. This is an ideology that departs from that of many startups and emerging companies whose focus seems to be on top line growth and revenue building.

Enter Uber Works – an app that connects shift-workers with shift jobs. The app officially launched in Chicago on October 2.

Deepscale’s focus on computer vision to give cars “sight” is different from light detection and ranging (LIDAR).

Postmates just announced a partnership with Walgreens and Duane Read stores – all 174 of them – in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Like Lyft, Uber is also decentralizing car-sharing in an effort to defy categories and shift user perception.

Imagine if Uber and public transit had a baby.

Lyft wants to be a one-stop-shop for all urban transit options, which might turn Google Maps into more of a competitor than Uber.

BlaBlaCar sees this acquisition as a unifying opportunity for Eastern Europe’s fragmented market under a single platform to meet a greater diversity of rider needs.

Lime’s shift away from car-sharing allows the company to transition into Seattle’s first electric-scooter-share pilot.

When a company raises a significant amount of capital this close to its public offering, it could reflect cash insecurity or the basic desire to raise its valuation.

The ride-hailing company plans to plug the data captured by cameras and sensors into its self-driving system and run it in simulations and on a test track.

While still mostly brown, the shirt is now made with breathable, micro-pique fabric that ensures comfort in hotter temperatures.

The U.S. grocery e-commerce market will be worth nearly $20 billion in 2019 and is the fastest-growing online purchasing category.

While retirement communities have provided a controlled baseline to deploy their services, Voyage does not plan to stop there.

If buses are competing with on-demand mobility modes, then bus networks too need to meet the demand of their riders.

The logistically challenging final mile of delivery accounts for 53% of the total cost of delivery. Autonomous drone technologies could drastically reduce that percentage.

Barclays and Macquarie estimated that the companies will spend an extra $2,000 to $3,600 per driver annually.

6 River Systems is a warehouse management and automation company that utilizes mobile robots named “Chuck” to improve efficiency in warehouse operations.

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) has joined forces with Foodora, an international food delivery app, to pilot on-demand alcohol delivery in under an hour.

In late August, Uber installed several self-service kiosks at Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Tandem Workflow, using the same customer-centered ethic that branded BOLT from the start, continues to broaden in capacity, types of freight and user audience.

Auto manufacturers remain a proponent of autonomy, even if what they’re manufacturing are varieties of electric scooters and bikes.

With enough investor capital and vision, profit might not matter as much as analysts think.

Analysts and investors wait to hear about Amazon’s expanded presence in Southeast Asia and on-demand services.

A new study finds that e-scooters’ environmental footprint surpasses that of the transportation they are positioned to replace.

Lime moves ahead with the backing of venture capital and hopes that car-reliant metropolitan areas like San Antonio will embrace a cleaner, more communal way to navigate city life.

With the recent complaints about workers’ rights, it makes sense that Doordash, like every other on-demand mobility company, is thinking about efficiency and the cost of human labor.

A new partnership between Xcel Energy and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allows drones to inspect power lines out of human sight in eight states – Colorado, Michigan, MInnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.

Since Uber went public in May 2019, journalists and analysts have sharpened their skepticism regarding the viability of the company’s sweeping ambition and future-reliant success. A 23 percent drop in […]

Eliminating the residential fee reveals UPS’ comfort level and ability to better engineer its network.