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Jack Daleo Tuesday, February 15, 2022

GSCW chat: Automating the middle and final miles for retailers

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Opportunities for automation abound over the middle and last miles SPEAKER: Sam Saad, VP of strategic initiatives for Gatik BIO: Saad currently heads up strategic initiatives for Gatik, a company offering AVs for B2B short-haul logistics. He has a 15-year track record of delivering complex projects across diverse sectors. Prior to Gatik, […]

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Sponsor Thursday, December 9, 2021

How the Autonomous Relay Network optimizes trucking companies’ operating model

Even Before Autonomous Trucks, Fleets Can Double Their Capacity     By Tom Kroswek, Vice President, Strategy & Business Development In a previous post, I overviewed how the Autonomous Relay NetworkSM can help carriers and shippers optimize their trucking service for autonomy.  Now I want to explain more about how Locomation works with trucking companies to re-engineer their operating models […]

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Sponsor Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Locomation’s autonomous truck technology will save millions in fuel and operating costs, says new independent report

The ARC system will reduce a truck’s GHG footprint by 22%, Operating Costs by 19%, and Fuel Consumption by 21% PITTSBURGH, PA—Locomation, a leading provider of autonomous trucking technology solutions, today announced the findings of an independent environmental impact evaluation [report link and infographic link], that its Autonomous Relay Convoy™ (ARC) system will dramatically reduce the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) footprint, fuel […]

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Sponsor Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Fix the broken supply chain by deploying Locomation technology

By Dr. Çetin Meriçli, CEO and Co-founder of Locomation. Concerns about the nation’s supply-chain are making headlines and raising concerns from Main Street to the White House. Parents worry about not having holiday gifts for their children after a stressful and strenuous year, and some worry that sectors dependent on foreign technology may be backlogged for […]

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Brian Straight Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Einride brings autonomous freight system to US

Einride has been running its autonomous freight Pods in Europe since 2019, but founder and CEO Robert Falck has high hopes for the company’s entry to the U.S. “It is such a great challenge and I’m really excited. This U.S. freight transportation community is the most competitive in the world,” he said.

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Sponsor Thursday, July 22, 2021

Locomation marks third anniversary with executed contracts, new facilities, third generation of autonomous trucks, increased investment and expanded staff

PITTSBURGH, PA—Locomation, the world’s first technology platform to offer human-guided autonomous truck convoying, today marked the third anniversary of its founding and highlighted important recent milestones in its growth. Earlier this month, the company moved into new, more spacious offices in Pittsburgh’s Robotics Row, a hotspot for fast-growing technology companies in the region. To accelerate testing of […]

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Sponsor Tuesday, March 30, 2021

A huge bipartisan opportunity for Congress is here, and it involves autonomous trucking

By Finch Fulton, Vice President of Policy and Strategy at Locomation and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the US Department of Transportation Developments in autonomous trucking regulations are so new that partisan lines have yet to harden. The benefits around safer, more efficient and more economically viable operations are clearly understood to be […]

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Kaylee Nix Friday, November 6, 2020

Hey, who’s driving that truck? (with video)

Waymo’s John Verdon talks about the future of self-driving technology with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller during FreightWaves LIVE @HOME Fully autonomous vehicles may seem like an idea only the Jetsons could fathom, but it’s a concept that is well within reach of the trucking industry. Waymo LLC has been working on this technology for more […]

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Infrastructure is next big thing in AV investment

Autonomous vehicle (AV) companies are emerging from a tumultuous period defined by layoffs, delayed timelines and consolidations, but the industry remains hamstrung by lack of physical and digital infrastructure, a panel of investors said during this week’s virtual Automated Vehicles Symposium. “We’re not [at the point] where one company can build a widget and the […]

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