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Ike Maintains Automation Will Add Truck Driving Jobs

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

November 19, 2019

Fleets Grapple With Question: How Many Subscriptions Do We Need?

Trucking executives are increasingly confronting the same proliferation of decisions that vex consumers who are shopping for online video services — to subscribe or not to subscribe?

November 14, 2019

Al Gore’s Fund Leads $400 Million Deal With Convoy

In the four years since it was founded, Convoy Inc. has assembled a lineup of big-name investors that includes Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Marc Benioff. It’s adding one more to the list: Al Gore.

November 13, 2019

Pemex Faces Payment Problems After Cyberattack Shut Down System

A ransomware attack that hit Mexico’s Petroleos Mexicanos is disrupting the company’s billing systems, according to people familiar with the situation.

November 12, 2019

Truck Delivery App Wins Saudi Funds to Expand in Middle East

Trukker, a digital marketplace for land freight based in the United Arab Emirates, has raised one of the largest initial rounds of capital for a startup in the region.

November 12, 2019

As L.A. Ports Automate, Some Workers Are Cheering On Robots

The arrival of robots at the Port of Los Angeles is exposing a stark economic divide between two sets of Southern California workers.

November 7, 2019

Pizza Delivery in Snow No Problem With Yandex Delivery Robot

Yandex NV, Russia’s largest internet company, is rolling out a suitcase-sized robot that will attempt to deliver take-out despite Moscow’s winter snowstorms.

November 7, 2019

VW Considers Sharing Autonomous-Car Tech to Defray Development Costs

Volkswagen AG is open to sharing future autonomous-vehicle systems with other manufacturers as it races to catch up with the likes of Waymo LLC in cost-intensive technologies that could transform the way people and goods move, according to an executive at the German automaker.

November 6, 2019

Small but Growing Carriers Make Leap From Spreadsheets to TMS Software

For small trucking companies that are getting bigger, recognizing the point when it becomes necessary to adopt management software isn’t so difficult. Instead, the challenges have more to do with evaluating systems, choosing one and implementing it.

November 4, 2019