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Natural gas may be having a moment as an alternative fuel for trucking, but there are a few nagging questions.

WattEV continues to roll up a lion’s share of federal infrastructure grants as it plots electric charging corridors

Cummins’ aggressive scaling of electrolyzers will need other players to meet expected midcentury hydrogen demand.

Just as scaling McDonald’s was more about real estate than hamburgers, electric truck charging is as much about land as it is about the grid.

Batteries. Electrified components. Fuel cells. Cummins Inc. has plans for all of them. But hydrogen-making electrolyzers top the list.

Daimler Truck created capacity for 2,000 battery-electric trucks in 2022, but the lack of charging infrastructure stunted deliveries.

Data centers and electric charging infrastructure share an insatiable demand for power. Neha Palmer understands both.

Daimler Truck North America and two partners plan to spend $650 million to build public electric charging for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

Chicago-based on-demand freight marketplace closes on $200 million series D round.

Singapore-based Grab has finalized a SPAC merger with Altimeter Growth Corp. that will value it at $39.5 billion upon its public debut.

The first autonomous trucking software company to go public, TuSimple seeks up to $1.5 billion in stock sales.

Digital freight-matching brokerage Transfix is in discussions with a special purpose acquisition company that could lead to its listing as a public company, according to Bloomberg.

Cowen Inc. helps bolster the balance sheets of startup electric vehicle companies by recruiting private investment in public equity to help young companies earn higher valuations.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, tightness in the reefer market could drive up the price of COVID vaccine distribution. Plus, a charity group is helping truckers in need this year, and investment firms are buying into digital freight brokerage.

LoadSmart and Uber Freight attract venture-style capital from traditional investors.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, spot rates could be heading higher yet again. Plus, truckload carriers wonder if we are in peak season or a new normal; and a Texas group tackles tort reform.

In 2020, growth is expected to slow further in nearly every global region, except Latin America and emerging Asian economies.

Postmates Inc., an on-demand food delivery service, confidentially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering (IPO).