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BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Freight Market Stabilization Bolsters M&A Optimism

As trucking mergers and acquisitions followed the freight market into a down cycle, conditions have stabilized, showing positive signs for the sector going forward.

May 10, 2024
BusinessTechnology

60 Seconds: Daimler Unwraps Autonomous, Electric Demonstration Truck

Freightliner eCascadia-based tractor equipped with °®¶¹´«Ã½ self driving software will execute runs between Laredo and Dallas in Texas first. Daimler Truck intends to start serial production of autonomous trucks, albeit with conventional engines, in 2027. By Keiron Greenhalgh

May 10, 2024
BusinessTechnologyFuel

New Partnership Brings Renewable Diesel to Southeast US

A new source of renewable diesel is making its way into the southeastern U.S. for commercial operations including trucks operating at the Port of Savannah.

May 10, 2024
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Nikola Q1 Loss Narrows; Cost of Truck Production Soars

Losses at Nikola in the first quarter narrowed year-over-year, and executives are more bullish than in previous quarters about the truck maker’s prospects even as production costs soar.

May 8, 2024
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuelAutonomous

Daimler Unwraps Autonomous, Electric Demonstration Truck

Daimler Truck unveiled plans May 8 to begin operating an autonomous, battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia demonstration truck.

May 8, 2024
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Detroit Reman Completes Expansion of Minnesota Facility

An expansion of Detroit Diesel Remanufacturing’s Hibbing, Minn., plant is complete, doubling the facility’s manufacturing and remanufacturing footprint, the division of DTNA said.

May 7, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous

NHTSA Seeks Information From Tesla on Autopilot Fix

DETROIT — Federal highway safety officials want Tesla to tell them how and why it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles equipped with the company’s Autopilot system.

May 7, 2024
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WattEV’s Bakersfield Battery-Electric Charging Depot Opens

WattEV opened a battery-electric charging depot in Bakersfield, Calif., on May 6, its largest yet, the company said.

May 7, 2024
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsAutonomous

C.H. Robinson Automates Email Responses With AI

C.H. Robinson says it has launched an artificial intelligence platform that automates responses to email requests from shippers seeking answers to commonplace inquiries.

May 7, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

EV Makers Win 2-Year Extension to Qualify for US Tax Credits

The Biden administration gave carmakers a partial reprieve in finalizing EV tax credit rules intended to loosen China’s grip on battery materials crucial to the car industry’s future.

May 3, 2024