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Convoy, Uber Accelerate Push to Match Carriers With Loads Via Mobile Apps

The push to automate freight brokering is gaining momentum with technology startup Convoy raising $62 million to accelerate its growth plans and Uber Freight adding features and expanding into new markets since its May launch.

August 3, 2017

FourKites Partners With 3GTMS to Enhance Shipping Processes

FourKites has announced a partnership with 3GTMS, a provider of Tier 1 transportation management software, to create a platform designed for enhanced shipping.

August 1, 2017

Warehouse Forklifts Finally Give Hydrogen Power a Reason to Be

His tiny company, Plug Power Inc., makes hydrogen fuel cells, and for years he struggled to find customers. No longer. In April, Amazon.com Inc. agreed to try out the technology in forklift fleets at 10 of its warehouses.

July 31, 2017

Amazon’s Warehouses Remind Market That Dominating E-Commerce Has a Price

Amazon.com Inc. reminded investors that luring shoppers away from stores and dominating the cloud-computing industry isn’t cheap.

July 28, 2017

Unions Urge Slowdown as Self-Driving Car Laws Pick Up Speed

Labor unions are urging a slowdown as lawmakers fast-track legislation to allow self-driving vehicles on the road, a potential boon to some union jobs and an existential threat to others.

July 28, 2017

DTNA Expands Connected Truck Services

YOUNTVILLE, Calif. — Daimler Trucks North America continues to expand its connected vehicle services to provide fleets with a broader arsenal of information and analytics tools they can use to make better business decisions.

July 27, 2017

Amazon Enlists Researchers to Build Box-Packing Warehouse Robots

Sixteen teams of robotics researchers are traveling to Japan this week to help Amazon.com Inc. solve its warehouse problem.

July 27, 2017

Kenworth Assesses Ramifications of ELDs on Business

Kenworth Truck Co. looks at the potential effect of mandatory electronic logging devices on its business from the perspectives of truck production and valuation and fleet maintenance, company executives said.

July 26, 2017

Drones, Artificial Intelligence Creep Into Road Construction

High above the Balfour interchange on State Route 4 in Brentwood, Calif., a drone buzzes, its sensors keeping a close watch on the volumes of earth being moved to make way for a new highway bypass.

July 26, 2017