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Truck Tech: ArcLight’s next act edition
Twin SPAC backer ArcLight Capital is investing $50 million in a truck-as-a-service business that handles Class 1-8 vehicles.
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What made the froth in transportation SPACs go flat?
Hedge funds and retail investors led the takeoff in transportation SPACs that are barely staying aloft. Guess who gets the better end of that deal?
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Nikola execs play the long game and take $1-a-year post-SPAC salaries
Nikola’s top five executives are taking $1-a-year salaries with huge stock payouts ahead if they restore lost share value.
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Are SPACs redirecting blank check love to self-driving truck startups?
As a love affair with electric vehicle companies fades, self-driving truck startups appear to be the new courtship objects of blank check companies.
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Self-driving truck technology startup TuSimple nears stock offering
With recent financing from major fleets, TuSimple eschewed the blank check company frenzy to chart its own course to public trading.
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FreightWaves Truck Talk: Clearing the air edition
FreightWaves Truck Talk is a weekly newsletter adding perspective, context and commentary to industry news and trends.
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The Daily Dash: Lost opportunity for J.B. Hunt
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, congestion and gate restrictions from rail partners hampered J.B. Hunt’s intermodal growth in Q4. Plus, stopping a ransomware…
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VectoIQ, U.S. Xpress leaders included on TuSimple executive advisory board
Autonomous trucking company TuSimple establishes a high-powered executive advisory board; takes equity investments from Werner Enterprises and Schneider.
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FreightWaves Truck Talk: A ‘SPAC-tacular’ new year
Here is the first issue of FreightWaves Truck Talk, a weekly newsletter adding perspective, context and commentary to industry news and trends.
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Nikola adds crisis-tested directors to regain credibility
Nikola is recasting its board of directors to make crisis management and business expertise available to management as the electric truck startup seeks to regain…
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