Technology

Waabi names ex-Uber Freight CEO Lior Ron as COO, gearing up for driver-out milestone and scaling operations with major partners.

PlusAI announced a partnership with Goodyear to use tire sensors for real-time data on health, road conditions and friction, aiming to optimize its SuperDrive virtual driver ahead of 2027 launch.

Combating fraud and making cold chain more accessible make up the tech roundup of the week.

CO.LAB seeks startups for its Sustainable Mobility Accelerator in Chattanooga, TN. The six-week program focuses on freight tech, EVs and smart infrastructure offering corporate pilots and market access.

Waabi’s new mixed reality testing system blends physical tracks with virtual scenarios, allowing autonomous trucks to safely face unlimited dangers via generative AI.

Reducing waste and improving visibility is paramount in produce cold chain shipping.

The integration introduces Toll Genius to users to automate billing hurdles.

Motive Technologies closed a $150 million funding round led by Kleiner Perkins this week, positioning the AI-powered platform for aggressive expansion beyond its dashcam origins. What started as fleet management in 2015 has evolved into an integrated operations platform spanning driver safety, fuel cards, workforce management, and fraud detection, serving nearly 100,000 customers with AI capabilities that achieve up to 80% collision reductions.

Global supply chain SaaS provider Descartes announced on Monday that it has acquired cloud-based inventory management company Finale Inventory for $40 million.

Truckstop.com announced Wednesday the launch of Truckstop Private Loads, a new feature allowing freight brokers to efficiently engage their pre-vetted carrier networks with the same trust and security available on the company’s public load board.

Tech and transportation providers among those honored.

There are a lot fewer people working at C.H. Robinson than there were two years ago.

Octup, a Tel Aviv-based AI operations platform for third-party logistics providers, has raised $12 million in seed funding co-led by Shine Capital and JAL Ventures. The investment will fuel growth, AI enhancements and North American expansion in the $1.877 trillion industry.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems and Aeva Technologies announced a collaboration to develop Level 2+ active safety solutions for trucks using Aeva’s 4D LiDAR technology.

C.H. Robinson CEO Dave Bozeman (NASDAQ: CHRW), in releasing the company’s second quarter earnings, said it represented “six consecutive quarters of consistent outperformance through the disciplined execution of the strategy that we shared at our 2024 investor day.” The revenue figure for the company was down, in part because of the divestiture of the company’s […]

Aurora Innovation announced an expansion of its driverless fleet to three trucks, surpassing 20,000 driverless miles by June’s end. The company opened a Phoenix terminal and expanded nighttime driving from Dallas to Houston.

Gatik announced its next-generation simulation platform called Gatik Arena. The platform is designed to help the autonomous truck technology maker accelerate the development and validation of its autonomous vehicle systems.

Aeva, a maker of next-generation 4D LiDAR systems, announced on Tuesday a strategic collaboration with LG Innotek, an affiliate of LG Group, which will serve as a manufacturing partner. The partnership will help to bring Aeva’s technology to the mass market for both commercial and passenger vehicles. The partnership includes a $50 million strategic investment […]

Flexport is selling the Convy tech stack to DAT, less than two years after it bought it from the defunct digital brokerage.

A California Republican has taken action on a regulatory framework that would pave the way for fully autonomous trucks.