Thomas Wasson

Based in Chattanooga, Tenn., Thomas is a writer and trucking analyst at FreightWaves. He reports on emerging truck technology trends and hosts the Truck Tech and Loaded and Rolling newsletters and podcasts. Previously, he worked at the digital trucking startup aifleet, Arrive Logistics and U.S. Xpress Enterprises. While at U.S. Xpress, he focused on fleet management, load planning, freight analysis and truckload network design.
Sep - 2026 -
24 September
Thomas Wasson

Einride, Nvidia partner on heavy-duty autonomous trucking

Einride expects its footprint to reach 1,500 to 2,000 vehicles by 2028 and says about 80% of that demand is suitable for automation in the medium term.

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23 September
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Tesla wins lead role in 2,500-truck electric Class 8 order

The order is the largest for electric trucks in the U.S. to date, organizers say. Deployments will concentrate in 10 freight hubs from Los Angeles to Newark.

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Samsara targets $2B in recoverable fleet fuel spend

U.S. customers left roughly $2 billion in fuel savings on the table in the first six months of 2026, Samsara says. Its new product is built to go get it.

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Alvys acquires LoadOps customers; Optym keeps LoadAi

Optym shopped multiple transportation management systems before picking Alvys for its LoadOps customers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Migrations are already underway.

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22 September
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Tavio pushes supply chain integration platform into freight

Tavio, formed from a 2025 merger of two HR tech integration companies, is expanding into supply chain with Uber Freight already on its customer list.

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21 September
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PrePass, Kodiak tie driverless trucks to weigh stations

Kodiak plans driverless highway runs by year-end. First it needs roadside inspectors to clear a truck with nobody in the cab

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19 September
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YardFlow lands over 200-site yard automation deal

YardFlow has processed nearly 2 million shipments across 26 facilities. Its largest customer now wants the system in every one of its over 200 sites, including the smallest.

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18 September
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Tesla targets end-2027 Europe deliveries for the Semi

Tesla will run European Semi demonstrations in the first half of 2027 and is targeting customer deliveries by the end of the year, head of Semi Dan Priestley said.

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17 September
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Daimler Truck brings NextGenH2 to IAA as hydrogen pact forms

Europe has 187 hydrogen stations, most at the wrong pressure for long-haul trucks. Eight companies used IAA Transportation to say what it will take to fix that.

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14 September
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Kenco opens new innovation lab for warehouse automation testing

Kenco opened a 30,000-square-foot innovation lab in Chattanooga, tripling a testing footprint it first built in 2015 as warehouse automation systems scale up.

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Aviro360 targets dwell time with automated yard inventory

Operators have spent years buying systems of record. Aviro360’s pitch is that none of them work when the yard data feeding them is already four hours old.

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13 September
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Bank exits squeeze truck financing for mid-size fleets

Truck financing has thinned out for carriers rebuilding after the freight recession. Mitsubishi HC Capital’s Kirk Mann on what now separates an approval from a decline.

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10 September
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Motive raises $1.3 billion from General Catalyst

Motive raised more than $1.3 billion from General Catalyst after crossing $600 million ARR and 30% growth, and withdrew its S-1.

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02 September
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Motive targets fleet repair costs with AI maintenance

Motive is pushing into maintenance software as non-fuel operating costs hit record highs and only 13% of fleets say their systems share data automatically.

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01 September
Thomas Wasson

Last-mile costs rise 12% for a second year

Median last-mile delivery cost rose 12% again in 2026. FarEye CEO Kushal Nahata told Last Mile Leaders America the increase is now the planning baseline.

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Aug - 2026 -
31 August
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Teamsters suit tests California’s driverless truck rules

The Teamsters’ lawsuit targets rules the California DMV began drafting in 2021. Permit applications keep moving while the challenge works its way through the courts.

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28 August
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Bot Auto commits to U.S.-based remote assistance operators

Bot Auto will staff its remote assistance operators exclusively with U.S. personnel, staking out ground a Senate investigation of robotaxi operators left wide open.

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27 August
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AMD lands Kodiak, a first in autonomous truck compute

AMD said Kodiak AI is the first autonomous trucking company to deploy its advanced EPYC processors, extending the chipmaker’s push into physical AI workloads.

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DeepFabric lands Kenco as It scales supply chain agents

DeepFabric has added Kenco to a customer list spanning CPG, medical distribution, fleet management and retail, with 20 agents planned at the 3PL within 12 months.

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26 August
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For trucking fleets, a place to park may be the next driver perk

An owner-operator could not keep drivers because his truck sat two hours from their homes. A $150 parking space five minutes away solved it. Fleets are taking notice.

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