Technology

Market Voice Ben Thrower writes about electric vehicles – and their potential impact on the U.S. energy grid.

Motiv Power Systems, which converts medium-duty trucks from gasoline to run on zero-emission electricity from batteries, is getting $60 million in equity funding from Winnebago Industries Inc. and a private holding company in Colorado.

Maritime carriers are leaving up to US$110 on the table every time they carry a box, according to research from startup MizzenIT. And that means ocean carriers could be missing out on hundreds of millions of dollars a year simply by not charging the right price.

Fisher is excited to see advancements in technology increase supply chain visibility and value creation.

More companies are making the shift from on-premise Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) to a cloud-based OTM, because it helps reduce IT infrastructure and support costs.

Significant gains expected from real-time kinematics for the port logistics and trucking industry.

It has been a dramatic week in Australian trucking: strip club bus-truck crash; nine months of jail; massive infrastructure works; trucker death; call for mandatory brakes; beer crates. And more!

Accurate data and careful analysis enable fleets to reverse the trend of lower miles between unscheduled repairs.

Medical marijuana firm AMP will be pursuing a European Union Good Manufacturing Procedure (EU-GMP) audit to ensure quality and integrity of its pharma goods from the supplier to the German patient.

British billionaire James Dyson has abandoned his dream of building an electric car.

Since 2018, Revel has expanded its fleets into Brooklyn, Queens and Washington, D.C. and plans to reach 10 cities by 2020.

The company is the first to release a safety assessment before testing vehicles on public roads.

SkyBitz has introduced a new sensor with camera that tracks available space and the condition of items inside a trailer. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

European logistics giant could bring its famed, eco-friendly distribution centers to North America as its global expansion continues

The Swedish autonomous electric truck startup Einride closes a $25 million Series A round.

Deutsche Post-owned EV major StreetScooter has announced plans to expand to the U.S. market, commencing pilot tests early next year with DHL Express.

This is the first in a series of videos produced by FreightWaves and SmartDrive, recorded at the recent SmartDrive Customer Conference in Atlanta. FreightWaves editor-at-large John Kingston discussed several key issues in trucking and transport today with both SmartDrive executives and various speakers at the conference.  There isn’t going to be any room for technology […]

The visibility solution takes workload off the brokers and Smart Capacity lets them cover freight faster.

Since writing about the challenges ahead for food supply chains, I have been thinking about how perishable foods and other items are transported from one part of the world to another. What is the role for new technologies in global supply chains for perishable products? The question gnaws at me each time I am in […]

Brokers will be able to offer core carriers guaranteed freight and rates at the click of a button.