Amazon-backed EV maker Rivian makes big news with a public stock offer and beating its rivals to market with the first-ever electric pickup, the R1T.
People hate doing things themselves. Today we have cars that are self-driving, microwaves that are self-cleaning, thermostats that are self-adjusting – even sentences that are self-completing. Automation is just about everywhere, from the streets we drive on to the stores we shop at, but there’s still a long way to go before we reach the […]
Modern Shipper polled the Uber/Lyft Drivers Facebook group to see which apps rideshare drivers are really using
Amazon warns that third-party sellers and customers would be harmed if the company were forced to divest its logistics operations.
Even as brands turn to more digital tools to engage with customers, many are finding success with a more traditional item — catalogs.
After calling off a 13-day strike at Volvo Trucks North America, the UAW rank and file repudiated its leadership by rejecting a new five-year contract.
“You should start logistics rooms tonight; it would be huge for you,” Gary Vee said about Clubhouse in an interview during FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Summit.
Yum! Brands already has 900 KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell locations across 35 countries using the platform for ordering food on messaging applications
Perks, not just higher wages, may be the price for retaining qualified and high-demand warehouse labor.
Suvrat Joshi joins logistics software-as-a-service platform FarEye as chief product officer.
Some StopTheTires2020 members infiltrated the group’s social media platform to disrupt and cause chaos following the 2020 presidential election.
AAL Shipping, an operator of “mega-size” project cargo ships, expects rebound for smaller U.S. import and export project cargoes in 2021, if COVID-19 pandemic subsides later this year.
From President Trump’s Twitter handle to free roadside lunches and children’s Crayola posters, the nation adores truckers hauling groceries and medical supplies during the coronavirus pandemic. Will the good feelings last?
Darren Prokop writes about the future of data in for-hire transportation. Data is information and can become knowledge.
Author Ben Mezrich is no fan of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who Mezrich says should focus on the truth in Facebook political advertising. Mezrich wrote the best-selling story of Facebook’s founding called “Accidental Billionaires.”
On this episode Dooner & Chad are talking the trucking apocalypse, grounded Boeing 737 MAXs, the e-scooter conundrum, Amazon’s Prime Day, and so much more!
Ben Thrower writes about the potential of Facebook’s new cryptocurrency.
Commentary As digital freight brokerage apps learn to concentrate on driving user engagement and building dynamic marketplaces that adapt to user behavior, they will start to resemble social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Tinder. Apps like Uber Freight, Convoy, Transfix, J.B. Hunt 360, C.H. Robinson’s Navisphere and EchoShip/Drive were designed to cover loads […]
The nation’s top electricity regulator gives exclusive insight into how the infrastructure behind electric trucks could fuel the coming transportation transformation.
Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) has made a $200 million minority investment in Finland-based RELEX Solutions (RELEX), a leading provider of retail planning solutions – including supply chains – according to a RELEX press release.
Chad Boblett has built not just a successful Facebook group, but also the largest professional online forum in the U.S. on rates and logistics in the freight industry
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg visited the Iowa 80 truck stop last week, taking time to talk to truck drivers and learn about life on the road. Also, Amazon wants to build a drone platform, a lack of warehouse space and J.B. Hunt tests augmented reality.
