Middle mile
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E-commerce & Fulfillment
Pilot Freight buys expedited carrier to integrate e-commerce delivery
Pilot Freight Services took the unusual step of buying a trucking company to connect its e-commerce delivery services.
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News
FreightWaves LIVE recap: Middle mile primed for autonomous trucks
Gatik’s Sam Saad talks about his autonomous vehicle company’s expanding Walmart partnership, Isuzu manufacturing deal and other trends in the transportation industry.
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News
Viewpoint: What this IPO tells us about autonomous freight networks
TuSimple will focus on perfecting its core autonomous trucking technology on the middle mile while it relies on partners for other aspects of the technology…
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Autonomous Vehicles
Gatik, Isuzu to partner on autonomous truck platform
Isuzu trucks will install technology from autonomous vehicle startup Gatik on its medium-duty N-Series truck models.
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News
Why LTL is perfectly positioned to take e-commerce market share
As the number of places where product flows increases, naturally, smaller, more frequent inventory replenishment runs are created. Whether it’s middle-mile solutions from DC to…
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Modern Shipper
Gatik to deploy electric-powered autonomous vehicles in New Orleans
Autonomous vehicle startup Gatik has announced it will deploy electric trucks as part of its autonomous testing in New Orleans with partner Walmart.
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News
Driverless middle-mile deliveries could begin by next summer (with video)
Speaking at the FreightWaves Cold Chain Summit, Gatik’s head of operations Sam Saad said the company is moving closer to having truly driverless vehicles on…
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FreightWaves
Retail Consolidation: Mastering the Middle Mile
o share strategies to help companies master the middle mile and ensure they are able to continue driving sales during times of uncertainty, FreightWaves is…
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Last Mile
Walmart tests autonomous delivery vans for ‘middle-mile’ solution
Pilot in partnership with Gatik will run robovans on a two-mile route between a distribution center and retail store in Arkansas.
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Intermodal
Freight’s `middle-mile’ could soon be going on a length-of-haul diet
Changing distribution patterns could spell trouble for intermodal, report says.
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