As part of Daimler Truck, Torc Robotics faces less pressure than some startups to get driverless trucks to market.
You’re only as strong as your weakest link. Don’t let back-office issues bring down the rest of your supply chain.
Cambridge Capital’s Ben Gordon details the roots of his “scrappy underdog” mentality, past investments and FreightTech’s recent defining and not-so-defining moments.
Less known outside military circles, Robotic Research may pick up what’s left of platooning pioneer Peloton Technologies.
“You’ve got to have your own technology to get your own data and control your destiny,” said Jim Best.
Rob Hatchett, president of Fleet Intel, discusses the importance of having real-time driver pay data at your fingertips.
“Partnering with someone like Emerge, someone whose primary focus is staying in tune with technology, we can move much faster, pivot when need be and continue to move forward and focus on operational execution for our customers,” said DHL Supply Chain North America’s president of transportation.
“Our technology is picking loads for drivers based on what is best for the driver and what will generate the most revenue on the truck, which in turn, generates the highest potential salary for our drivers” said AI Fleet co-founder and CEO Marc El Khoury.
Venture capital fund EQT Ventures is a backer of electric and autonomous vehicle maker Einride, but it is also a supporter of sustainable business models.
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Supply chain tech is increasingly driven by late-stage venture capital activity.
According to Gartner, multi-robot orchestration has only penetrated 1%-5% of its total target audience and will become necessary as companies begin deploying more than one robotics technology within their operations.
The commercialization of autonomous vehicles is an all-hands-on-deck affair, requiring competitors to collaborate with each other.
President of PGT Trucking said the load-matching trend doesn’t adequately respond to today’s supply chain constraints, driver shortage and polluted environment.
Before its two-truck autonomous convoys hit the road in 2022, startup Locomation points to a scientific study validating its approach.
Parsyl extracts and transforms data into actionable insights for a particular commodity’s transportation network.
The sight of an armada of ships off the California coast garners much attention, but shippers should instead focus inland to digitize their driver networks.
“I wanted to find a way to reduce emissions that was nonregulatory and allowed shippers to select carriers based on operational efficiency [and] price,” says Eric Beckwitt, Freightera founder and CEO.
Aurora Technology pledges to be first to take the driver out of an autonomous truck in late 2023, but its freight ambitions are modest at present.
“We cut out three to four hours a day of just nonsense back and forth between carriers, accounting, operations.”
