FedEx integrates the Aurora Driver autonomous system on PACCAR trucks into its logistics operations on Dallas-to-Houston round trips.
SkyBitz executive Ken Moore explains how remote fuel storage tank monitoring works and why it can help reduce freight costs in a fireside chat at FreightWaves’ Fuel Buyers Summit.
“If everything is streamlined and automated, your insurance costs will go down because your accidents will go down,” said Mitzel.
SPAC-sponsored autonomous software developer Embark Trucks is tapping industry experts for advice as its public debut nears.
“With GCP as a partner, their strategic connections will allow us to build the technology that our FDPs are craving,” says the FRONTDoor Collective COO.
“Our acquisition of Convey brings project44 all the way to the front doorstep,” says project44 founder and CEO Jett McCandless.
An “unprecedented outlook for hydrogen fueling station network development in California” contains bold expansion plans for the state. The California Air Resources Board report expects to see capacity for 250,000 fuel cell electric vehicles by 2026.
FreightWaves examines 5 deals and partnerships that highlight how fintech can improve FreightTech offerings.
Self-driving technology company Aurora said it will deploy a Toyota Sienna autonomous vehicle in rideshare service in the next six months.
“With all the difficulty with hiring, technology is an obvious answer,” said Zach Strickland.
“We have always wanted customs authorities to share their rules, what they are looking for and what they are sharing, but they will never do that,” says Altana’s CEO on problems the company is aiming to solve.
“We’re excited to partner with Blume Global, its management team, Apollo and EQT to support the company through its next stage of growth,” says Bridgepoint’s managing director.
Melio’s monthly processing volumes increased 5,000% over the past 18 months as its customers turned toward its digital suite to maintain positive cash flow.
In today’s labor market, “throwing people at the problem” does not work.
“The Supply Chain Twin enables customers to gain deeper insights into their operations, helping them optimize supply chain functions — from sourcing and planning to distribution and logistics.”
Motion Intelligence’s platform limits smartphone use while the vehicle is moving, sharply curtailing a key cause of accidents.
J. J. Keller announced its VideoProtects monitoring platform is available on the Geotab Marketplace, making the safety solution available to more than 2.4 million vehicles.
Embark Trucks will use BYD electric trucks to cover 50 miles of HP printer loads, while its autonomous tractors take the middle segment.
Agencies across Tennessee will make Samsara’s technology available to all state, municipal and county fleets.
The three have signed agreements committing to work together on developing advanced locomotive power technologies.
“Amazon Web Services makes it easy to host web applications for scalable solutions. We are looking to do the same thing for supply chain software by breaking down the data barriers that stop anyone from building the tools they need to offer better services.”
Startup Locomation sees huge upside for an autonomous trucking convoy, but it has a long road to meeting its goal of 60,000 trucking pairs by 2025.
Alvys levels the playing field through affordable add-scale technology that integrates a variety of management systems into one intuitive dashboard.
Project44 will continue to add telematics providers to its program in 2022 and plans to start building out a global program over the next year.
“We are expanding our reach by allowing owner-operators to keep their own authority and still have the same CloudTrucks experience.”
MacGregor Partners will double in size over the next couple years, pushing its value to the $50 million mark.
Register now for Trimble’s Supply Chain in.sights, a virtual series on how to best support drivers.
“Its rapid customer adoption is clear, demonstrable feedback of the value that Fractory brings to manufacturing supply chains,” says investor.
Hyperloop is a proposed high-speed ground transportation system for passengers and commercial cargo moving at speeds up to 745 mph and powered by emission-free renewable energy, according to Swisspod.
Instead of dimensional pricing, iShared’s shared truckload solution charges the shipper a simple per-pallet fee.
“To satisfy the hiring needs of the companies currently on the platform, we need to find over 220,000 drivers every year for them. That’s not a small number,” says the CEO of YouCruit.
Both candidates said that organizing Amazon is a top priority, noting that Amazon and UPS workers’ futures are at stake.
Shell chose the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo to talk up diesel-powered freight efficiency. An odd choice of venue — or was it?
Digitization can alleviate supply chain glitches, but it depends on systems that talk the same language.
Without clarifying objectives, a company cannot, with confidence or a unified vision, understand where it’s going.
Motional has unveiled its Hyundai Ioniq 5 robotaxi that is entering testing in the Los Angeles area.
OneRail makes last-mile delivery profitable for shippers.
“Green hydrogen will always be a considerably more expensive fuel than renewable electricity,” the Earthjustice report says.
Middle-mile autonomous vehicle startup Gatik has announced an $85M Series B funding round and the start of operations in Texas.
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The fusion of Aurora Driver with Uber ATG autonomous software brings the technology developer closer to commercialization.
“This is about lowering the barrier of entry for owner-operators. We are trying to push them forward and help them make key decisions that will ultimately lead them to success in scaling their business.”
Logistics technology solutions have never been in greater demand. But companies need to leverage new-age tools and modern-day attitudes to effectively tell their stories, says the founder of Virago Marketing.
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“Operating systems should learn from the behaviors of these shippers and LTL carrier partners, record these exceptions and apply learning from them for future automation.”
Does the search for a completely safe driverless truck mean that everything should wait for perfection? David Liu doesn’t think so.
“I think the difference in distinctions between the digital players and the — whatever you call the nondigital players, has become almost nonexistent,” said XPO CEO Brad Jacobs in its earnings call.
“We are very interested in areas where mobility collides with other themes. … Companies becoming more open to innovation will make these collisions much more frequent.”
Daimler Trucks North America’s participation in this round points to an increasing market for Truck-as-a-Service products, tools integrated during the manufacturing process to help fleets manage safety, privacy and intelligent automation tools.
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“We strongly believe that expecting random carriers to digitally engage with you and book your freight without having a relationship is a strategy that has just never proven to be effective.”
Fleet and logistics provider Ryder System Inc. follows TuSimple deal with a partnership with Waymo Via.
TuSimple Holdings trading approached three times its daily average on lockup expiration. Shares posted a small gain after tumbling for six weeks.
“The list of integrations demonstrates a pivot in our strategic goals as a company to work more broadly in our customers’ favor. We can now partner with best in class solutions in various product categories in order to build out more customer value.”
“Traditionally, the private fleets have been very separate from the for-hire or public fleets. … With technology and innovations like this, we can help these small fleets go after the other half of the market.”
“There was a lot of flexibility in their API that allowed us to do what we wanted to do with it, compared to others that had a lot of pre-built tools.”
DRIVE automatically spots areas for improvement so drivers can request coaching to boost their safe driving miles.
Positive feedback from mechanics, dispatchers and management helped Day & Ross choose PowerFleet for its U.S. fleet.
Several customers have gone live with BravoTran’s technology, including Yusen Logistics and Mitsubishi Logistics of America.
Learn a bit about the evolution of temperature-controlled containers in the air cargo environment and how Envirotainer has added new technology features to its refrigerated units.
“Over more than two years of working with Parcel Perform, their solution has become our global track-and-trace solution,” said Davide Costella, global delivery services manager at Nespresso.
“Iowa is now at the leading edge of the inclusion of blockchain in contract law here,” said CEO Spillman, as his team recently fought to have smart contracts recognized under law in Toggle’s operating state.
Autonomous truck software developer Embark Trucks is using Nvidia’s system on a chip for its plug-and-play autonomous system.
Not to be a Luddite, but a world of trucker-free trucks is going to mean some minor trade-offs, including fleeting bouts of creepiness.
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TuSimple is sitting on $1.5 billion in cash as it ramps up hiring and expands its autonomous freight network.
The earnings report is for a 3-month period with no impact from the big Transplace acquisition announced in July.
The Department of Energy’s Earthshots Initiative is allocating $52.5 million for clean hydrogen R&D.
Autonomous trucks without human drivers are still years away, but Plus shows what is possible on an open road in China.
DHL Express has joined UPS in placing orders for all-electric cargo aircraft.
ENERGY’s customers now have access to a personalized web portal, which provides real-time data on inventory levels.
14% of carriers polled said they don’t understand what a 3G sunset means for their fleets.
FarEye’s Intelligent Delivery Management Platform equips enterprises for a low-cost, sustainable future and creates happier customers through reduced cost and optimized operations.
Boston-based Motional is testing how its AVs can collect and transmit data on electric infrastructure to utility provider Eversource.
The partnership between BlueGrace and Trucker Tools showcases the right way to leverage popular book now features.
TuSimple will use Ryder System maintenance terminals as it expands its autonomous freight network from Arizona to Florida by year-end.
The recent chip shortage crisis isn’t helping matters.
“I’ve coined it the ‘superpower of check calls,’” said TextLocate founder Ryan Rogers.
White-label platform raises $2.5 million to bring real-time, guaranteed container rates to global shippers of all sizes.
Two groups announced this month their separate efforts to increase supply chain visibility. One technology tool focuses on locating railcars and another aims to forecast volumes at the Port of Los Angeles.
The next step is making deliveries to paying customers.
Experiencing the view from the passenger seat of a PlusDrive-equipped truck navigating a northern California rush hour.
FreightWaves examines the challenges of drayage logistics and the technology companies that are overcoming them.
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Fetch Package has created a last-mile logistics solution to optimize deliveries to multifamily housing communities, eliminating the need for updated package rooms or lockers and increased staff to handle incoming traffic.
Lyft riders in Miami will be able to choose a self-driving car later this year through an agreement with Ford and autonomous-tech company Argo AI.
“The Transfix team is extremely talented, but there’s a quality to the culture that’s got gumption,” said newly appointed CCO Sophie Dabbs.
The newly wrapped Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE, driven for Rick Ware Racing and sponsored by BYRD Racing, will showcase the two FreighTech companies for the NASCAR Cup Series midsummer installment.
Aurora Innovation gets a $10.6 billion enterprise value, the second highest of four autonomous driving software developers seeking to go public.
“We have to compete in a marketplace where my competitors don’t even have to be profitable.”
Hitachi ABB Power Systems Vice President Daniel Simounet talks about where opportunities might already exist to electrify freight rail — provided that the railroads, government and utilities are willing to collaborate together.
Temperature-controlled logistics real estate investment trust Lineage Logistics and venture capital firm 8VC have formed an alliance to invest in technology startups in the transportation and logistics industry.
“This collaboration brings us closer to another source of data and another way to look at last-mile problems.”
Improving utilization of existing resources in a capacity-crunched market is a “game changer,” Locomation CEO Çetin Meriçli says.
Embark Transportation advances plug-and-play software to take drivers out of trucks.
Supplier readiness is a key to Navistar and TuSimple achieving commercialization of a high-autonomy Class 8 truck in 2024.
Torc Robotics was the first AV startup to partner with a truck manufacturer since becoming part of Daimler Trucks in 2019. Torc CEO Michael Fleming says utilizing Daimler’s relationships with fleets is helpful in the race to launch the first market-ready self-driving truck.
Fetch and Körber’s solution provides safety, efficiency and flexibility.
Kodiak Robotics co-founder and CEO Don Burnette explains why the development of autonomous trucking is poised to leap from the experimentation phase to a viable commercial product during the Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit.
A patchwork of autonomous driving regulations at the state level are ready to move to a more coordinated effort at federal agencies, according to Plus’ Wiley Deck.
