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Airfreight Booking Site Cargo.one Receives $42 Million in Funding

Cargo .one, which operates an online system for airfreight booking, raised $42 million from investors after the COVID-19 crisis helped to drive new business.

December 17, 2020
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CEO of Arrival Aims to Make Electric Buses, Vans in Microfactories

Russian-born entrepreneur Denis Sverdlov wants to revolutionize automaking, replacing Henry Ford’s century-old conveyor-belt assembly lines with tiny factories that cost far less.

December 16, 2020
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Batteries for Electric Cars Speed Toward Tipping Point

According to a survey conducted by BloombergNEF, electric vehicle makers soon will be producing models that are as affordable — and as profitable — as comparable combustion-engine models.

December 16, 2020
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NACFE Report Says Challenges Remain for Broad Fuel Cell Adoption

Hydrogen fuel cell technology will likely roll out in heavy-duty trucks over the next five years, but hurdles remain before U.S. motor carriers will adopt them beyond small numbers of test vehicles, according to a new report.

December 16, 2020
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Drones Could Help Bridge the Economic, Social Divides for Vaccine Distribution

The challenge of ensuring equitable distribution of the coronavirus vaccine is one of global scale, and the city of Miami provides a backdrop for the social and economic divides that the medical community must overcome.

December 16, 2020
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Medium-Duty Sales Notch Year-Over-Year Increase in November

Classes 4-7 U.S. retail sales in November surpassed 18,000 and jumped nearly 10% compared with a year earlier as only Class 7 failed to post a year-over-year gain, WardsAuto.com reported.

December 15, 2020
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New Toyota Fuel Cell System Close to Being Available to Class 8 Makers

Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled a second-generation fuel cell system that is nearing the point when it could be offered to heavy-duty truck builders looking to build hydrogen-powered tractors.

December 14, 2020
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DTNA Says Portland Plant Will Be First to Achieve Carbon-Neutral Production

Daimler Trucks North America announced its truck manufacturing plant in Portland, Ore., will be the first to achieve carbon-neutral production in the global Daimler Trucks network — meeting green production this year.

December 14, 2020
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Amazon’s Zoox Unveils Autonomous Electric Vehicle

Zoox Inc., the self-driving startup owned by Amazon .com Inc., unveiled a fully autonomous electric vehicle with no steering wheel that can drive day and night on a single charge.

December 14, 2020
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FMCSA Plans Information Collection for CDL Testing Delays Survey

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is planning to submit an Information Collection Request associated with its annual survey on commercial driver license skills testing delays.

December 11, 2020