Last mile delivery
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Last Mile
Prospective Amazon delivery robot would navigate air, land and sea
The e-commerce giant won a patent for a theoretical multimodal vehicle designed to deliver and pick up items from online shoppers.
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Today's Pickup
Today’s Pickup: Last-mile delivery growth will increase carbon emissions by 30% by 2030
WEF projects 36% growth in last-mile delivery vehicles by 2030; Tesla vehicle registrations in California halves in Q4 '19; Bendix signs on Geotab as telematics…
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Last Mile
The promise of on-the-go last-mile delivery models
Businesses today are looking to make last-mile deliveries as flexible as possible to ensure high-quality customer experience.
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Business
CES 2020: FedEx,Walgreens execs share last-mile delivery solutions (with video)
They are joined on stage by Roxo the robot.
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Last Mile
Coalition warns against U.S. Postal Service privatization
Trump’s influence over new agency chief could lead to service overhaul in 2020.
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Last Mile
Commentary: Final mile deliveries are the most challenging
Market expert David Faulkenberry explains the details of final mile delivery.
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Business
Rivian closes $1.3B funding round
An early Christmas gift for the electric truck maker marks the company's fourth investment announcement this year.
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FreightWaves TV
Off the Supply Chain: The Last Mile Final Frontier
Consumer demands and expectations are rising dramatically. Up to 25% of consumers are willing to pay extra for same-day delivery. Some estimate same-day delivery will…
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What the Truck?!?
Amazon’s power moves, Boeing’s struggles, freight economics, and other big deals — WTT?!? [with video]
To launch out of the gate on today’s episode, we tackle tough-minded Amazon and how they recently decided not to allow 3rd party sellers to…
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Last Mile
Augmented intelligence in delivery routes: Humans plus computers maximize opportunity for transformation
Route-optimization software goes beyond cutting miles to provide real advantages when human brains are freed from planning what trucks go where, when and how.
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