Tagged: TruckingTech

TruckSmarter

TruckSmarter Drawing Investors

Digital trucking platform TruckSmarter drawing investors at 25$ million in Series B Funding Round to continue building on its dedicated platform for owner-operator functions. Since 2021, the company has raised $44 million from many investors…

Volvo Testing Fuel-Cell Trucks

Volvo Testing Fuel-Cell Trucks

Volvo testing fuel-cell trucks, operational range comparable to diesel trucks — up to 1,000 kilometers, or about 620 miles. A second pilot program phase is to follow in a few years’ time and will see…

Carrier Transicold Lynx Fleet

Transicold Launched Lynx Fleet

Transicold launched Lynx Fleet as new monitoring service for refrigerated trucks. The Lynx Fleet offering at-a-glance view of refrigerated truck and trailer performance parameters to help fleet managers monitor transport refrigeration equipment utilization, improve operational efficiencies, and spot and avert potential equipment issues.

King Countys Kenworth T680E Battery Electric Vehicle Rolls Out of Kenworth Renton Plant king county t680e 3lr

County Receives First Electric Truck

King County receives first electric truck, a new Kenworth T680E at the Kenworth Renton manufacturing plant. The truck is designed for pickup and delivery, regional haul and drayage applications, and is available as a day cab…

A close up of the production facility at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory - Photo by Louis Reed on Unsplash

Chips Still Hindering Truck Plants

Lack of chips still hindering truck plants. Semiconductor shortages are still interfering with efforts by truck manufacturers to produce enough trucks to fulfill customer order commitments – and truck makers may not be able to meet…

Aurora Innovation Peterbilt 579 Autonomous Truck

2 Firms Widen Autonomous Trucking

2 firms widen autonomous trucking. Aurora Innovation and FedEx will add an additional commercial lane to their autonomous commercial line-haul trucking pilot, which transports FedEx shipments in Texas. In March 2022, Aurora’s autonomous trucks…

US Xpress Joins Embark Network

US Xpress Joins Embark Network

US Xpress joins Embark network to make autonomous trucks a reality and plans to add its terminals to the Embark coverage map. This partnership marks a significant milestone by adding a fleet’s properties into an autonomous truck developer’s transfer point network.

Cummins 15L Hydrogen Engine showcase at ACT Expo

Cummins Unveils 15L Hydrogen Engine

Cummins unveils 15L hydrogen engine at ACT Expo in Long Beach, Calif., in May. Built on Cummins’ new fuel-agnostic platform announced earlier this year, it’s expected to go into full production in 2027. Cummins also plans to release a 6.7L hydrogen engine.

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