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The Future of Freight: What's Your Vision?

How will technology and innovation change the way freight is transported? Tell us what you think the future will be like and we could feature your ideas in an upcoming edition of Transport Topics.

April 2, 2018

States Explore Drone Technologies to Improve Data, Save Time

Drone programs can expand traffic management and bridge inspection opportunities for states, but they can also create savings to benefit other projects, according to one transportation official whose agency has been using the devices for nearly a year.

April 2, 2018

Uber Isolated by Partners and Competitors in Aftermath of Crash

Uber Technologies Inc. has found itself isolated a little more than a week after one of its self-driving SUVs hit and killed a pedestrian in Arizona.

March 29, 2018

Google Backs Startup Working on Remote-Controlled Driverless Cars

Gradient Ventures, an early-stage venture fund within Google, is leading a $6 million investment in a new company that’s building software to let humans control cars remotely.

March 28, 2018

Supply Chain Technology Leads M&A Wish List

A flurry of recent investments and merger and acquisition activity suggests 2018 could be an active year for purchases in third-party logistics and for technology firms that provide usable data and an open view of the supply chain.

March 28, 2018

FedEx Orders 20 Tesla Semis

FedEx Corp has ordered 20 of the Tesla Semi electric trucks for its FedEx Freight less-than-truckload unit.

March 27, 2018

Waymo, Jaguar Team Up With 20,000-Car Self-Driving Fleet

Waymo is teaming up with Jaguar Land Rover on autonomous vehicles, its second major automaker partnership and a big boost for the nascent technology that has come under scrutiny recently.

March 27, 2018

‘Flying Whale’ Blimp That Never Lands Joins Global Cargo Airship Race

France has entered the global race to develop a viable cargo airship with a 500-foot blimp designed to lift lumber from deep woodland.

March 27, 2018

Former Bosch Division Looks for Own Success as SEG

LOUISVILLE, Ky.— The former division of the Bosch Group that since 1914 made starters and generators is now on its own as SEG Automotive and has added an electrification component to its mix of products.

March 26, 2018

Waymo CEO Krafcik Has ‘A Lot of Confidence’ His Tech Would Have Avoided Deadly Uber Accident

In a pioneering self-driving car company’s first public comments on the Uber autonomous car accident March 18 that killed an Arizona woman, Waymo CEO John Krafcik said his tech could “handle†that very scenario.

March 26, 2018