Technology

In a highly regulated industry like transportation, technology is becoming increasingly paramount.

Maersk will deploy 300 Class 8 electric trucks from Einride in its U.S. warehouse and distribution network.

Financial technology platform Outgo emerges from stealth with a vertical banking solution that automates bookkeeping functions for carriers.

CEO Barkoff isn’t revealing much about the next initiatives at the 4-year-old Relay Payments, which has attracted significant investment.

Navistar designed its new $250 million plant to Industry 4.0 standards, including robots that talk to each other and paperless operations.

With Daimler Truck already on board, Platform Science adds Navistar as the second manufacturer to factory install its open-source telematics.

Gatik’s Gautam Narang will be an industry keynoter at The Future of Supply Chain event.

At the press conference announcing the deal, the first user of the Locomation technology, Wilson Logistics, gave an update on what it is doing in the autonomous space.

Aircon is “building technology to achieve operational efficiencies that will change what air cargo means to the global supply chain.”

This AskWaves considers whether the federal government is needed to launch a supply chain portal – and whether it can succeed.

Truck Tech is a weekly newsletter providing perspective and context on autonomy, electrification and other technologies impacting the fleet ecosystem.

Transfix’s Scott Sokoloff discusses how data is keeping supply chains resilient in the wake of recent shake-ups.

TuSimple’s stock price has tanked in recent weeks, and a published report says the autonomous truck developer may sell its China business unit.

“We realized we don’t need to make the carrier give us that information to let them see our loads. Instead, let’s give the carriers a platform where they can search loads, even bid on them, without having to provide us all of that info,” Zuum’s product manager told FreightWaves.

Wiliot’s Steve Statler breaks down the company’s V2 pixel and Universal Automation Platform for Modern Shipper.

MVMNT’s complete freight management platform gives you control over your freight without the disproportionate cost of a traditional TMS.

The $12 million from Level Equity draws the previous biggest investment in WorkHound, which was just over $2 million.

TriumphPay takes the hassle out of carrier payments, allowing brokers to focus on what they do best.

“Prompt is the leading logistics technology company with all the major global data privacy and security certifications — GDPR, ISO27001 and SOC 2 — meaning that we can, and have, met the requirements of even the most stringent IT departments,” says Prompt CEO Robert Petti.

Nikola is asking shareholders to dilute their investment by authorizing 200 million new shares of the electric truck maker that could raise $1.5 billion.