Alphabet’s Wing unveils never-before-seen drone prototypes
Wing, the drone delivery arm of Alphabet, is laying out flight plans with an array of advanced aircraft prototypes.
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Wing, the drone delivery arm of Alphabet, is laying out flight plans with an array of advanced aircraft prototypes.
Pilot Co. will build a public network of high-speed charging stations with General Motors to get ahead of electric vehicle charging demand.
Three of the U.S. Postal Service’s nonurgent delivery products will be brought under one umbrella.
A new survey reports that manufacturers continue to adopt robots, but breakdowns continue to hamper production.
Bay Area-based Elroy Air just signed another agreement to deliver an order of its Chaparral aircraft.
Canoo Inc. in May said its survival was iffy. With Walmart’s order of 4,500 electric delivery vehicles, the near term looks brighter.
Mullen will deliver up to 600 electric cargo vans to DelPack Logistics, an Amazon Delivery Service Partner.
FarEye is rolling out the Last Mile Mandate this month, an effort to provide guidance to retailers seeking to succeed in the last mile.
Prime Day 2022 begins Tuesday, but with slowing e-commerce growth, success might look different for Amazon this year.
Using a combination of technology and proactive management, shippers can turn failed deliveries into happy customers.
Home discount retailer Big Lots adds same-day delivery from 1,000 U.S. stores.
More consumers are engaging in daily online purchases, according to a new survey, with those living paycheck-to-paycheck among the most active.
GE Appliances will deploy six electric trucks in the first phase of a broader EV pilot with partner Einride.
ShipBob has released a stand-alone warehouse management system for omnichannel brands with their own warehouses.
Amazon took a stake in struggling food delivery platform Grubhub that could be worth up to 13% if it attracts enough customers.
The explosion of online shopping and our growing global economy makes shipping and delivery more important than ever.
The world’s largest retailer filed a patent that would combine two of last-mile delivery’s latest innovations: drones and robots.
Dispatch, a last-mile, e-commerce delivery platform, has expanded to California and New York, giving it a presence in 57 U.S. cities.
With e-commerce growth slowing, did Amazon bite off more than it could chew?
Global-e has acquired Borderfree from Pitney Bowes, expanding its cross-border e-commerce offerings.