I was there when Marla Maples became homecoming queen. Regrettably, I was also there when a truckload of watermelons attacked her in a four-Rolaids film by “the master of horror.”
FreightWaves discusses why and how the Water Institute of the Gulf is developing a digital platform monitoring shoaling on the Mississippi River.
Chattanooga VC firm is ready to find the next FreightTech unicorn.
Embark Trucks plans to go public at a $5.16 billion valuation with sponsorship by the special purpose acquisition company that backed Lion Electric.
Amazon is ordering 1,000 trucks and will pay $150 million for a 20% stake in autonomous truck software developer Plus.
Level setting the descriptions of autonomous vehicles gets simpler as industry coalesces around two main identifiers.
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EPA data says 30%-40% of food is wasted in the U.S. How much of that waste happens in supply chains? About one-third, according to Shipwell.
CEO Todd Ehrlich says the venture studio model leverages valuable resources for innovators to build startups faster and with less complexity and capital.
Bridgestone invests in Kodiak Robotics and sees tire data sharing improving safety of autonomous trucks.
Outside funding totals nearly $5 billion as Waymo’s expenses rise to expand driverless ride hailing and high-autonomy trucking software.
Wabtec and General Motors have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop and commercialize GM’s advanced battery technology and its fuel cell technology for Wabtec’s locomotives.
A new terminal in Fort Worth, Texas, will let TuSimple extend its autonomous trucking network eastward to North Carolina and Florida.
There’s fintech and FreightTech. PayCargo plays in both spheres and is well supported by investors.
Circulor helps manufacturers track CO2 emissions and trace materials such as the cobalt, lithium and plastics in electric vehicle batteries throughout supply chains.
PowerFleet offers in-cab and exterior camera technology, as well as visibility for the freight pallets inside the trailer.
Fleet intelligence provider Omnitracs announced the latest release of its SmartSense technology Thursday. SmartSense for Inattentive Driving+ aims to reduce accidents by identifying distracted driving.
Truckload carrier Western Express will install Platform Science’s full suite of technologies, including the Remote Platform Management system, across its fleet of 3,000 trucks.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services is the latest fleet to test autonomous trucking software in Texas, hauling loads in human-supervised robot trucks from Waymo Via.
KeepTruckin has unveiled Fuel Hub, a telematics-based machine learning tool that can help identify drivers and vehicles that may be using more fuel than needed.
