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Commercial freight transportation businesses rely on data, intelligence, and novel solutions for operational efficiency. Transport Topics technology coverage investigates available technologies, real-world applications of business solutions, and the strategies necessary for advancement. News topics focus on the latest applied science, and issues range from autonomous vehicle and robotics innovations to management software, tracking and transparency, data analytics, blockchain, and the internet of things.

Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous

NTSB Slams Uber Self-Driving Car Units Safety Culture

Uber Technologies Inc.s self-driving vehicle unit lacked an effective safety culture at the time when one of its test vehicles struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Ariz., in 2018, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt said Nov. 19.

November 19, 2019
Business, Technology, Fuel

Nikola Announces Battery Technology Available to All

Nikola Corp. announced it has battery technology that would double the range of its heavy-duty trucks that are either fully electric or use a hydrogen fuel cell.

November 19, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous

Convoy to Expand Services After $400 Million in New Funding

Convoys intentions for putting a recent $400 million package of additional investment capital to work are straightforward keep expanding its digital freight business through more machine learning, more automated loads, and more drop-and-hook arrangements.

November 19, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Logistics, TCA

Yamato Transport Rolls Out Electric Vehicles for Parcel Delivery Near Tokyo

Yamato Transport Co. unveiled on Nov. 19 what it says is a greener, compact, driver-friendly electric truck that may offer hope for coping with the acute labor shortage in Japans door-to-door parcel delivery industry.

November 19, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Fuel

Industry Stakeholders React Positively to Biden's Infrastructure Plan

Industry stakeholders say 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion investment plan in the nations infrastructure network is a good step.

November 19, 2019
Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous

XPO Robots Assist UK Workers With Holiday Volumes

XPO Logistics has increased its use of robots in the United Kingdom in anticipation of holiday retail volumes, the Connecticut-based company said in a Nov. 19 news release.

November 19, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Drones That Do the Work of 500 Farmers Transform Palm Oil

As haze blanketed large tracts of Southeast Asia last month, office workers with Genting Plantations Bhd. in Jakarta were investigating the source of the choking smoke more than a thousand kilometers away.

November 19, 2019
Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics, Autonomous

Ike Maintains Automation Will Add Truck Driving Jobs

Automated trucks developer Ike has a message for those behind the drivers wheel of an 18-wheeler now: Automation can be complementary, not competitive.

November 19, 2019
Business, Technology, Fuel

Tesla Set to Bulk Up the Worlds Largest Lithium-Ion Battery

The worlds biggest lithium-ion battery is about to get even bigger, with Tesla Inc. set to beef up capacity at the Hornsdale site in South Australia.

November 19, 2019
Business, Technology

Juno, Once Billed as the Anti-Uber, Shuts Down in New York

Ride-booking startup Juno once billed itself as the anti-Uber a kinder, gentler way to get a ride. Its now closing down its New York-based operations, and inviting customers to join Lyft Inc.

November 18, 2019