freight

Ex-Uber CEO Backs Freight Startup Kargo
Ex-Uber CEO Backs Freight Startup Kargo
March 22, 2019  |  Investments

The former CEO of Uber, Travis Kalanick, has invested in a trucking and logistics startup some are calling “Uber for trucks.” Kalanick, along with Sequoia...

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Why Smarter Freight Payments Begin With The Invoice
Why Smarter Freight Payments Begin With The Invoice
February 28, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Money drives any business, but in the freight and logistics market, business cannot occur until funds are moved. Considering how crucial seamless payments are in...

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CloudTrade Steps Into Freight Invoicing Market
CloudTrade Steps Into Freight Invoicing Market
February 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Electronic invoicing and data capture company CloudTrade is rolling out a new solution designed for the logistics and freight industry, the company revealed this week....

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Amazon Seen Testing Autonomous Delivery Truck
Amazon Seen Testing Autonomous Delivery Truck
February 04, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Just days after Amazon announced its autonomous delivery robot Scout, a Reddit user has reportedly seen an Amazon trailer being transported via an Embark autonomous...

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Uber Freight Adds Ratings Feature For Truckers
Uber Freight Adds Ratings Feature For Truckers
February 01, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Uber Freight is taking another page out of the Uber app book with the introduction of a ratings feature designed to allow truckers to rate...

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Daimler Invests $573M In Self-Driving Trucks
Daimler Invests $573M In Self-Driving Trucks
January 07, 2019  |  Innovation

Luxury German car manufacturer Daimler has announced that it will invest $573 million (500 million euros) into developing technologically advanced autonomous trucks. The move will create...

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Loadsmart On What Freight Consolidation May Mean For Payments
Loadsmart On What Freight Consolidation May Mean For Payments
October 25, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The U.S. freight market is notoriously fragmented. As the vast majority of trucking fleet operations have only a handful of vehicles, shippers’ ability to efficiently...

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Shipwell On Driving Logistics Innovation Through Connectivity
Shipwell On Driving Logistics Innovation Through Connectivity
October 19, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Efforts to disrupt the logistics and freight industry have multiplied in recent years, particularly with the emergence of technologies like the Internet of Things and...

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Driverless Trucks Hog the Highway to an Autonomous Vehicle Future
Driverless Trucks Hog the Highway to an Autonomous Vehicle Future
October 02, 2018  |  Ecosystems

Driverless cars are indeed coming to roads soon enough — the U.K.’s transport secretary, in fact, recently predicted that those vehicles would appear there within four...

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