Battery-electric medium-duty trucks may have a bright future due to their potential to reduce operational costs and improve sustainability. But currently, the availability of these trucks is limited as testing continues.
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Justin Olsen, maintenance director at TCW, breaks down the hidden impact of poor trailer management on operations, compliance and safety.Â
Apple Continues to Stockpile Former Tesla Engineers
Apple Inc. has hired Steve MacManus, at least the third Tesla Inc. engineering executive to join the Cupertino, Calif.-based technology giant in the past year.
July 22, 2019Airgas Expands in Stockton, Calif., With New CO2 Plant
Airgas, an Air Liquide company and a U.S. supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, opened its new liquid carbon dioxide and dry ice facility in Stockton, Calif., on July 16.
July 22, 2019Microsoft to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI
Microsoft Corp. agreed to invest $1 billion in a partnership with research group OpenAI, gaining a prominent cloud-computing customer from the artificial intelligence field.
July 22, 2019Heritage Foundation Endorses Devolution to Fund Highway Projects
The Heritage Foundation says Congress should devolve the federal government's functions to state agencies and immediately end all subsides for state roads. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.
July 22, 2019Kroger Goes Full Robot to Take On Amazon With Ocado
Kroger has unleashed a flurry of initiatives to ensure it won’t get thumped in a post-Amazon-buying-Whole-Foods world, but its biggest gamble is a partnership with British online grocer Ocado Group to build as many as 20 automated grocery warehouses in the United States.
July 22, 2019New Square Service Uses Robot Photographer to Snap Products
A new service developed by Square Inc. is offering robotic product-photography. It will charge about $10 plus shipping for customers to send a product weighing less than 20 pounds to the Brooklyn studio and within two weeks, receive three digital photos from different angles.
July 22, 2019Fleet Complete Offers Cummins' Connected Diagnostics
Fleet Complete announced a collaboration with Cummins Inc. to provide the Cummins Connected Diagnostics application to customers using the Fleet Complete internet of things platform who have Cummins engines in their vehicles.
July 19, 2019Walmart Shuffles Leadership Team for Store-Digital Integration
Walmart Inc. still is trying to get its structure just how it wants it. The retail giant announced its second internal restructuring in as many months as it tries to better integrate its money-losing online business in the United States with its physical stores.
July 19, 2019GM Chinese Ally SAIC Braces for First Decline in Annual Sales in 14 Years
SAIC Motor Corp. expects annual sales to fall for the first time in at least 14 years as China’s biggest automaker battles through a slump in demand roiling the world’s largest car market, according to people familiar with the matter.
July 19, 2019