Hyperloop
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News
Today’s pickup: Blockchain’s progress slows on lack of trust; a debt-you-can’t-repay nod to Paul Volcker
Blockchain needs trust to gain trust. A tribute to Paul Volcker
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Today's Pickup
Today’s Pickup: Hyperloop route between Chicago to Pittsburgh can create 900,000 jobs over a 25-year period
HyperloopTT does feasibility study on Chicago-Pittsburgh route; Nikola develops the most energy-dense battery; Virgin Atlantic is opening new routes in summer 2020.
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Equipment
Today’s Pickup: Ryder centralizes customer support with national rollout of RAN
Ryder has expanded its Ryder Assist Now customer support center nationally, giving customers a single source to get all their questions answered and service issues…
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Technology
Hyperloop test pod breaks speed record and wins the annual hyperloop pod competition
A student team from Germany’s TU Munich achieved a top speed of 463 kmph (288 mph) on its prototype pod at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod…
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New Tech
China unveils a train that cruises at 373 miles per hour
China has developed a prototype magnetic levitation train that can travel at a maximum speed of 373 mph, and is expected to go into production…
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Legal issues
Musk’s DC-Baltimore loop tunnel clears regulatory hurdle
D.C. to Baltimore in 15 minutes could help advance hyperloop technology for cargo.
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News
Today’s Pickup: Amazon ceasing Chinese operations due to insurmountable domestic rivalry
Amazon bowing out of China; U.S. doubles oil exports in 2018; electric scooters bite into dockless bike sharing market.
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Air Cargo
Today’s Pickup: Bendix makes advanced safety systems available for older truck models
Bendix is now making its advanced safety systems available for retrofit for models where it was not factory-installed. Plus, U.S. finds little support for postal…
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Container
Today’s Pickup: Driver wages still rising; autonomous cargo ships; and hyperloop tunnels
Rising driver wages can’t slow driver shortage plus a Boston-based company receives funding for autonomous technology development for cargo vessels and more empty containers are…
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Maritime
HyperloopTT partners with Hamburg port terminal operator for cargo hyperloop
After unveiling its full-scale passenger hyperloop capsule in October, HyperloopTT is at the thick of things again, now partnering with Hamburg port terminal operator HHLA…
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