The Swiss company’s precision dropping system autonomously releases cargo from a few feet in the air when the drone has reached its destination.
Less than a year after purchasing Romeo Power to secure its battery supply, Nikola is liquidating the subsidiary.
Research and development initiatives in the freight rail industry should turn their focus on integrating systems that are typically siloed in railroad operations, sources tell FreightWaves.
“People that are integrating with AI will be able to significantly save money and move ahead of others that are not looking at AI as a promising tool for the industry,” Ezlogz CEO CJ Karman said.
Ditat helps Artur Express grow revenue by bringing its detention-monitoring and management capabilities into real time.
The voluntary structure of NHTSA’s automated vehicle testing initiative will hinder the agency’s ability to modify AV safety regulations down the road, OOIDA contends.
People remain invaluable in solving the unanticipated problems that arise in the course of everyday operations.
By focusing on customer change management, FreightTech providers see real results with AI-driven technology.
Uber Freight’s Market Access is an AI-powered algorithm that gives shippers transparent freight pricing and greater control over their procurement stipulations.
Speedcargo seeks out hidden cargo space among airfreight providers.
After months of turmoil and an inability to regain meaningful momentum, TuSimple looks at selling its U.S. operations.
Tomorrow.io’s satellite constellation will transmit near-real-time scans of precipitation, ocean and atmospheric profiles for any point on Earth.
FreightWaves’ Innovation Alley at the Future of Supply Chain event featured FreightTech demos from Ezlogz and Bridgestone Mobility Solutions/Azuga.
After originally working with TuSimple, Loadsmith picks Kodiak Robotics for autonomous driving systems.
At the Future of Supply Chain event, the Cato Institute’s Marian Tupy lays out the case for measuring wealth in terms of hours of labor needed to buy goods and services.
The collaboration among Convoy, J.B. Hunt, Uber Freight and others to use technology to streamline scheduling at the dock level is proceeding as planned, according to company leaders at FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain conference in Cleveland.
Vizion’s solution allows users to receive tracking updates for all containers across both ocean and rail without a letter of authorization.
Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Justin Bailie told FreightWaves that Rose Rocket has seen 47x growth since its last raise in 2021 by focusing on product-led expansion.
Conceding digital brokerage got a “bad name” early on, Uber Freight’s Souder looks to add human element to the experience.
The company plans to leverage RetailOps’ technical talent to accelerate product development and provide brands with omnichannel solutions.
Battery chemistry will play a critical role in advancing electric trucking beyond regional and drayage hauling.
Autonomous trucking software developer TuSimple completed a driverless truck pilot on a U.S. highway in 2021. Now it has done it in China.
Hyzon Motors is not out of the woods yet, but it is current on required financial filings and has streamlined its fuel cell business.
Demand for global supply chain visibility tools is forecast to hit $39B by 2028.
Lightning eMotors identifies electrifying small school buses and shuttle vans as its niche. Scaling depends on finding new capital.
Descartes MacroPoint’s ocean visibility product brings data together in an accessible way that previously was not possible, providing transparency into data and locations during the whole ocean shipping process.
The outcome of Nikola’s bid to double the number of authorized shares in the company could determine its ability to survive.
Jim Waters, Frayt’s vice president of marketing, said the company’s survey highlighted the growing need for last-mile services; 37% of respondents said 50% of their logistics operations fell into the last-mile category.
Yesterday’s emerging technology is today’s table stakes for supply chain participants.
Digital freight marketplace NEXT Trucking is on the prowl for either additional capital or an exit.
PalletTrader’s founder discusses the success of the newest online pallet marketplace that is changing the way pallets are bought and sold.
Class 5 electric trucks have a broad customer base and a lot of manufacturers chasing the space where regulation comes soon.
Freight Ninja is positioning itself as an industry leader in combating the truck parking shortage across the United States.
The California State Assembly voted 54-3 to ban autonomous trucks without safety drivers from the state’s roadways.
School buses qualify for a lot of incentives to go electric, but are the vouchers and grants enough to make a difference?
“Investors have shifted from a growth-at-all-costs mindset to focus on the path to profitability and scalable growth. No startup, not even the rocket ships of logistics technology, will be immune to these trends,” says project44 founder and CEO Jett McCandless.
Embark Technology, an early leader in autonomous trucking software development, becomes part of Applied Intuition in a $71 million deal.
Nikola has a minimum of 180 days to get its share price above $1 or it could be delisted from the Nasdaq.
Freightos, an online reservation portal for freight shippers, is adding users, but heavy development costs and a weak shipping market make it difficult for the startup to reduce losses.
Lordstown Motors dodged delisting from the Nasdaq by a reverse stock split, but its future remains murky.
“We want [global shipping] to be self-explanatory, easy to navigate and easy for you to find the answer you are looking for,” says Maja Bernstein, vice president of industry relations at Fluent Cargo.
Convoy’s co-founder and CEO suggests that FreightTech offerings have paved the way to disrupt fragmentation with a new model of shipping: the hybrid carrier model.
The outsourced logistics arm of FedEx is opening up the way it shares data on electronic bookings for air cargo with a major customer.
Transportation startups that went for easy SPAC money never thought times would turn so ugly – certainly not so fast.
FreightTech providers are examining disruptive global shipping modifications that would be detrimental without AI’s support.
Autonomous trucking software developer TuSimple will cut 300 more jobs and keep China operations it had planned to spin off or sell.
Cummins wants its filtration business to stand alone, but the engine and power distribution company will keep at least 80.5%.
ChatGPT and other advanced AI tools are looking to find homes in supply chain software and in some cases already have.
“Ditat allows us to see the full picture immediately, and if detailed information is required we can pull the required reports and dissect it further,” Silver Trucking’s Behaija Dzananovic said.
Intramotev will use the $200,000 grant to test and deploy three self-propelled rail cars in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in late 2023.
Former Daimler Truck North America CEO Roger Nielsen will become chairman of Proterra Inc. (Photo: Daimler Truck North America)
Autonomous trucking software developer TuSimple will disappear from the Nasdaq on Monday as it is delisted for financial filings failure.
Once the flywheel that is electric trucks gets spinning, there will be no slowing it down. But as former college football coach Lee Corso is fond of saying on ESPN […]
Four supply chain-focused firms have secured a combined $70 million in funding amid a sluggish investment market.
EY Americas’ Sumit Dutta says there’s a realization among companies that a broken or inefficient supply chain is going to crimp growth.
Integrated business planning solutions “enable an organization to respond to changing demand while managing product flow to ensure high customer service,” says ArchLynk CEO Sekhar Puli.
Nikola will get $35 million in cash and 20.6 million of its shares from ending a joint venture with Europe’s Iveco Group, but ties remain.
“Once shippers get up and running on GoodShip, they invite their carriers onto the platform. This creates a multiplayer experience where each party has access to modern analytics, creating a single source of truth,” says CEO Ryan Soskin.
Tech solutions firm Trimble reported $154.9 million in first-quarter transportation revenue amid a softening freight market.
Supply chain software provider e2open gave a bleak outlook in its earnings. Its stock took a pounding in response.
Uber Freight, Convoy and J.B. Hunt formed the Scheduling Standards Consortium in December to standardize trade data and synthesize scheduling technology.
Uber Freight suffered along with the general freight market downturn and saw its first-quarter EBITDA sink yet again.
Electric truck maker Nikola will get 50 Hyla-branded hydrogen fueling stations in a five-year deal with infrastructure developer Voltera.
Kodiak Robotics bought a Peterbilt Model 579EV to marry its autonomous system with electric propulsion. It is using the truck in testing.
Kodiak has taken big steps along its commercialization journey with new carrier partnerships and advancements in its self-driving trucking technology.
Carriers will now be able to handle their fuel expenses on Uber Freight’s app with no annual fees, according to the freight marketplace.
Tracking trailer inventory was always part of Outrider’s autonomous distribution yard plan. Now, it is happening.
Aurora Innovation and Continental AG are partnering to build the Aurora Driver autonomous hardware to scale for the U.S. in 2027
Uber Freight’s head of product shares simple ways to improve decision-making and reduce costs while improving customers’ shipping experiences.
“We could make carriers’ lives easier by giving them a single tool that they can use to make sure that they are not missing any hiring steps,” said LogRock co-founder and CEO Hunter Yaw.
The Q2 Freight Sentiment Indexes show carriers lower, brokers higher and shippers about the same despite ample pricing power.
“There have been companies that have introduced [dashcams] with great success and haven’t lost any drivers at all, and then there are other companies that have lost quite a few drivers because of it,” Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels said.
“The Premier Partner Program expands our carrier family to include an even higher level of qualification of carriers that can meet the needs of participating shippers,” said president George Abernathy.
The potential widening of broker liability in the Miller case against C.H. Robinson is creating fears among 3PLs, but attorneys see a potential reversal.
Nikola Corp.’s hopes for a zero-emissions trucking future may be realized without the startup being part of it.
Predictive maintenance analytics for autonomous trucks could provide a reverse benefit for human-driven trucks.
Financially struggling Nikola Corp. wants shareholders to double the company’s authorized shares so it can pay its loans in stock.
Artificial intelligence, not magic, allows Merlin to operate small aircraft without a human pilot.
Driverless trucks have special needs that only humans can perform at terminals where they will drop and hook loads.
Lidar maker Ouster sued Chinese rival Hesai alleging patent infringement, a situation the company has experienced as a defendant.
Using the company’s platform, Repowr Connect, shippers, fleets and 3PLs can share their available assets with other network members, helping parties find on-demand capacity.
Companies that resemble an Expedia for airfreight are making their portals more accessible to logistics customers outside their home countries. Agents are watching for potential conflicts of interest.
ASL Aviation has several airlines that support express delivery companies and e-commerce retailers. It plans to serve them with drone delivery too.
Truck safety advocates and labor are at odds with big business over a request to loosen regulations for driverless trucks.
“We are looking to empower these independent contractors and truly treat them as owners of their businesses,” Luke Denny, co-founder and CEO, told FreightWaves.
Proterra Inc. and Ouster Inc. are just two of many technology startups and growth-stage companies struggling financially.
Kodiak Robotics was shooting for easier maintenance of its autonomous trucks but it made them appear more normal in the process.
“TrueTMS carries a price point that is affordable for a one- to 20-truck operator to purchase,” says T3 Tech’s George Thellman.
When John heard his trailer was missing, he was able to track the stolen property using his LandAirSea GPS and lead authorities to the thief. He saved the trailer, $300,000 worth of material and likely his reputation with his customer.
Trimble’s U.S. strengths have been combined with Transporeon’s overseas presence through a $1.98 billion acquisition.
Aurora Innovation says being “feature complete” on its autonomous truck software puts it on target for driverless runs in 2024.
Interstate Health’s CEO explains how addressing the needs of both truckers and travelers can make a highway care network work.
TuSimple plans driverless trucking on a commercial basis in Arizona next year – without a manufacturing partner.
“Our growth and potential were being hindered by manual processes and limited visibility into workflows,” US Cargo Brokers founder Adam Konopko said. “After adopting Ditat’s TMS, US Cargo experienced a complete transformation.”
Nikola Corp. wants to raise $100 million through a public stock offering. Dilution-fearing investors drove shares to an all-time low.
Settling multiple distractions surrounding TuSimple was Cheng Lu’s priority when he returned as CEO in November.
It’s been three months since TuSimple fired a quarter of its workforce. Three of those who survived the cuts talked with FreightWaves.
Federal guidance from 2019 suggested driverless trucks could skip electronic logging devices. Will that hold up?
Even with multiple investigations to close, TuSimple has three years worth of money to run its autonomous trucking business.
“[Navix] understands their customers’ problems, the value proposition and how to apply the technology to solve them,” said Rob Estes, chairman and CEO of Estes Express Lines.
