trucks

Autonomous Transport Could Drive Trucking Into Digital Transformation’s Fast Lane
Autonomous Transport Could Drive Trucking Into Digital Transformation’s Fast Lane
May 15, 2024  |  Shipping

In America, we move most of our goods by road. This makes trucks and 18-wheelers a crucial, even definitive, part of any supply chain. It...

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BeyondTrucks and Samsara Team to Streamline Fleet Management
BeyondTrucks and Samsara Team to Streamline Fleet Management
March 13, 2024  |  Transportation

Transportation management system provider BeyondTrucks has launched a partnership with cloud platform Samsara. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (March 13), lets clients of the two firms equip dispatchers, drivers and...

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Uber Looks At $500M Investment In Freight Division, Report Says
Uber Looks At $500M Investment In Freight Division, Report Says
July 16, 2020  |  Investments

Uber is said to be in talks with investors to take stake in its freight business and raise $500 million to boost it to a...

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Amazon Introduces Bigger Trucks For Pandemic-Era Deliveries
Amazon Introduces Bigger Trucks For Pandemic-Era Deliveries
July 10, 2020  |  Amazon Delivery

Amazon has launched a new style of truck that is bigger and boxier, similar to those used by competitors at the United Parcel Service (UPS),...

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FedEx Looks To Fill Gap Created By Grounded Planes
FedEx Looks To Fill Gap Created By Grounded Planes
March 18, 2020  |  Delivery

Logistics and shipping company FedEx said it can pick up the slack caused by the grounding of several airliners due to the coronavirus outbreak, according...

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Japanese Truck Designs Aim For New Delivery Frontiers
Japanese Truck Designs Aim For New Delivery Frontiers
October 25, 2019  |  Retail

With a design that would let vehicles be customized for parcel delivery or serve as mini-hotels, trucks are being designed in Japan for a driverless...

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Volvo Teams With NVIDIA For Autonomous Tech
Volvo Teams With NVIDIA For Autonomous Tech
June 18, 2019  |  Artificial Intelligence

To create artificial intelligence (AI) for autonomous trucks, Sweden’s AB Volvo is teaming with NVIDIA. The tie-up will make a scalable and flexible system for...

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Daimler Eyes Self-Driving Truck Market With Stake In Robotics Firm
Daimler Eyes Self-Driving Truck Market With Stake In Robotics Firm
March 29, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

German carmaker Daimler, which sells the most Class 8 tractor-trailer semi trucks, will take a majority stake in Torc Robotics, a U.S. autonomous vehicle technology...

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Walmart To Test Tesla’s New Electric Truck
Walmart To Test Tesla’s New Electric Truck
November 20, 2017  |  Retail

Walmart is jumping onto Tesla’s electric tractor trailer truck bandwagon early with an announcement that it plans to test run the recently previewed, soon-to-be-released vehicles....

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