Volvo Group Venture Capital AB announced it invested in Apex.AI, a startup software company involved in autonomous mobility, to help fund the development of a safety-certified software framework for autonomous systems.
December 10, 2019Search
Showing 10 of 10236 results
= Premium Content
Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
Spread the News: Self-Driving Truck Makes Cross-Country Butter Delivery
A Silicon Valley startup has completed what appears to be the first commercial freight cross-country trip by an autonomous truck, which finished a 2,800-mile-run from Tulare, Calif., to Quakertown, Pa., for Land O’Lakes in less than three days. The trip was smooth like butter, 40,000 pounds of it.
December 10, 2019GM Loans Ohio Plant Buyer $40 Million to Launch Electric Truck
General Motors Co. loaned the buyer of its half-century-old assembly plant in Ohio $40 million to help the cash-strapped startup roll out an electric pickup truck.
December 10, 2019Germany Edges Out Norway as Europe’s Biggest Electric Car Market
Germany has pulled ahead of Norway for sales of all-electric cars since the start of the year, putting Europe’s biggest auto market in position to become the regional leader on an annual basis for the first time.
December 9, 2019Cass Partners With University of Tennessee on Two Indexes
Cass Information Systems Inc. is partnering with the University of Tennessee-Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business to support two Cass transportation indexes, according to a Dec. 2 news release from Cass and UTK.
December 9, 2019DTNA Adds New Online Configurator Tool
Daimler Trucks North America announced a new online configurator tool intended to make spec’ing the Freightliner M2 106 medium-duty truck easier.
December 9, 2019FleetSharp, Asset IQ Partner to Track Equipment
FleetSharp GPS Tracking, a provider of GPS fleet management tools and asset trackers, has partnered with Asset IQ Financial Services to provide a new way for financial institutions to save time and money when keeping track of assets.
December 9, 2019SEO: Give Your Company a Fighting Chance
While the challenge of ensuring that your trucking website is search engine optimized can feel daunting, getting your hands around SEO basics may be easier than you think.
December 9, 2019The Dawn of Electric Trucks
The introduction of electric-powered commercial trucks continued to gain momentum in 2019 with more investment, more prototypes unveiled and more deployments in real-world freight operations. Read our Special Report.
December 6, 2019Self-Driving Trucks and Presidential Politics
The introduction of self-driving truck prototypes over the past five years has fueled an ongoing conversation about how this emerging technology will change the freight transportation industry in the decades ahead.
December 6, 2019