ABI Research predicts the last-mile robot delivery market will grow rapidly in the years ahead, delivering more than $3 billion worth of items by 2030.
Two years following its initial cross-country journey, Shell has announced its updated Starship concept tractor-trailer combination will make a second trip in early 2021.
Shell has introduced a new gas engine oil under its Rotella brand. The company said the extension of the brand to gas engines is due to brand loyalty from its commercial customers, many of whom also drive pickups and SUVs.
Shell and Airflow are preparing to launch their futuristic, carbon fiber Starship truck on a cross-country voyage to prove just how efficient diesel can be. We just don’t know if this concept is scaleable.
The Starship is a futuristic-looking, but completely road legal, Class 8 tractor-trailer unit built through a collaboration between Shell and AirFlow Truck Company.
While most people assume that drones will someday be making home deliveries, there are other possibilities including droids and even mobile parcel lockers. Whatever method or combination of methods are chosen, though, last-mile delivery may never be the same.
