A new truck carries 100 to 150 small computers and is at its best the day it’s built. Coretura CEO Johan Lundén says a shared operating system can flip that.
Transfix has integrated E3 Group’s driver identity verification technology into its TMS, allowing brokers to verify drivers before releasing pickup numbers as freight fraud increasingly targets legitimate loads through deceptive pickups.
Einride has two cabless electric trucks running daily for EASE Logistics in Ohio, a test case for whether autonomy can absorb unplanned short-haul freight.
Hours-of-service relief can pay off on a regional LTL lane as well as coast to coast, Waabi COO Lior Ron said. Warp’s Dallas-Houston freight is the first test
Autonomous yard truck developer ISEE signed a partnership with Holman, one of its investors, to package truck leasing, retrofits and fleet services for customers.
Optimus Technology acquired SmartHop’s load and fleet management platform and plans to distribute it free through financial, insurance and logistics partners reaching tens of thousands of carriers.
YMX Logistics’ yard-management system uses computer vision to track trucks and trailers at distribution facilities, helping a grocery retailer investigate five short shipments and identify the truck and driver associated with the loads.
A truck out of service along the side of a highway with a service technician truck and warning beacons placed along the roadside edge
Geotab has launched a fleet card that uses vehicle telematics data to authorize fuel purchases, monitor spending and prevent unauthorized transactions. The company said diesel prices can vary by as much as 77 cents per gallon between stations in the same town.
More than 60 zero-emission truck models are on the market, Rådström said. Daimler Truck wants chargers, hydrogen stations and CO2-based tolls to catch up to them.
PlusAI’s merger with Texas Ventures Acquisition III values the autonomous trucking developer at $800 million, with $60 million committed ahead of a vote.
CEO Karin Rådström said the integrated setup differentiates Daimler Truck from every other player, as its Freightliner and Western Star brands hold 37.8% of the Class 8 market.
Descartes Systems Group has launched an AI agent within its Datamyne trade intelligence platform that allows users to search and analyze global shipment data using natural-language questions.
Flexport’s latest release pairs an MCP server for outside AI agents with a workforce of internal agents the company says handles 21 million tasks a year, plus Atlas and customs upgrades.
Kodiak’s first unsupervised long-haul service will carry IKEA goods between Houston and Dallas later this year, after 750,000 autonomous miles with an observer in the seat.
Carriers avoid TMS migrations for good reason: data to move, integrations to replace, teams to prepare. Trimble says its four carrier systems will modernize without one.
Aurora plans to exit 2026 with 200 driverless trucks and wants 30,000 by 2030. Werner, one of its driverless customers, said the economics only work once scale brings costs down.
Clarios is bringing Battery Manager to Europe after connecting about 1,100 vehicles, pitching fleets on a company-estimated $500 per truck per year in avoided battery costs.
Samsara’s new Model Context Protocol gives trucking companies a way to access live fleet data through third-party AI applications without building custom integrations.
Coretura has selected Alloy Kore, a software platform jointly developed by Vector and QNX, as the foundational software layer for the high-performance computing systems in its commercial vehicle architecture.
