America is facing a dire shortage of truck drivers. The causes include lack of competitive wages, a perception problem, demographic challenges, and technology that might soon make truckers obsolete. And now a new research study…
TuSimple, a self-driving truck company, announced plans for further expansion in Tucson, AZ. The company has been testing its Level 4 Class 8 autonomous trucks in the state of Arizona for more than a year…
Uber is pulling the plug on its autonomous trucks, just four months after it demonstrated the vehicles shipping freight across Arizona. The ride-hailing firm has shifted plans dramatically ever since one of its autonomous cars…
Along with the rest of the trucking industry, Doug Waggoner, chief executive of Echo Global Logistics, faces a major staffing challenge. But the talent Waggoner is pursuing won’t be behind the wheel:…
Daimler Unveiling Electric Trucks PORTLAND, Ore. – Daimler Trucks North America recently unveiled electric Class 8 and medium-duty trucks, with plans to have a 30-truck “innovation fleet’’ working in…
Companies decisions to buy electric vehicles nuanced Elon Musk might have made it look easy to sell electric semi-trucks to fleet owners, but the reality is that a company’s decision to buy electric vehicles…
BlackBerry Radar asset tracking tag launched that delivers near real-time data on the location and condition of truck trailers and containers. Trucking companies that subscribe to the “BlackBerry Radar’’ system can improve on-time deliveries, theft prevention, and fuel efficiency…
Maersk Incorporating Blockchain – It currently takes a stack of 200 communications between 30 different parties to ship a container from Mombasa, Kenya to the Port of Rotterdam, according to a recent study by shipping carrier…
WABCO Holdings Inc., a supplier of various trucking industry technologies, said it will open a new American headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich. Now under construction, the 102,000-square-foot facility is expected to open in third-quarter,…
A San Francisco, Calif., start-up called Embark completed a coast-to-coast test drive of its autonomous semi-truck, the company said last month. Embark hauled Electrolux refrigerators from Los Angeles…
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