Amazon.com announced it will disclose its carbon footprint later this year, giving consumers and investors new insight into the environmental cost of its popular two-day shipping.
February 20, 2019BusinessTechnologyFuelLogistics
Alberta Expects $1.7 Billion Profit From Crude-by-Rail Operation
Alberta is preparing a giant crude-by-rail operation to help its oil-sands producers cope with a pipeline crunch, and it expects a big profit from the venture.
February 20, 2019BusinessTechnologyLogistics
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Sets Goal of Making 500,000 Cars in 2019
Elon Musk said Tesla Inc. will make about 500,000 cars this year, a prediction that’s difficult to gauge given the CEO’s proclivity for setting stretch goals.
February 20, 2019BusinessTechnologyEquipment
Volvo’s First Electric Trucks Put to Work
Volvo Trucks delivered its first all-electric vehicles to two companies operating in Sweden.
February 20, 2019GovernmentBusinessTechnologyLogistics
White House Cancels $929 Million in Grants for California’s Beleaguered Rail Project
The Trump administration on Feb. 19 said it will cancel more than $900 million in federal grants earmarked for a high-speed rail project California that the state’s Democratic governor announced would be scaled back from its initial vision amid delays and cost overruns.
February 20, 2019BusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous
DTNA Unveils New Driver-Assist Technology in Freightliner Cascadia
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Truck manufacturer Daimler Trucks North America recently demonstrated automated driver-assist technology that’s set to debut in its 2020 Freightliner Cascadia Class 8 model later this year, and said the system promises to make driving a truck — and the highways overall — safer.
February 19, 2019BusinessTechnologyAutonomous
Self-Driving Truck Startup Pronto Pursues Gradual Path to Automation
Pronto, the new self-driving truck startup launched by Anthony Levandowski, is pursuing a more incremental path toward autonomous driving than many of its competitors in the increasingly crowded race to bring automation to trucking.
February 19, 2019BusinessTechnology
GPS Trackit Acquires TSO Mobile, InTouch GPS, Fleet Trax
GPS Trackit, a provider of fleet management software, said it completed acquisitions of TSO Mobile of Miami, InTouch GPS of Lakeland, Fla., and Fleet Trax of Dallas in 2018.
February 19, 2019BusinessTechnologyEquipmentTCA
Toyota Acquires Chicago-based Hoist Liftruck
Toyota Industries North America has acquired Chicago-based Hoist Liftruck Manufacturing. The company will be renamed Hoist Material Handling.
February 19, 2019BusinessTechnology
TransForce Group Acquires American Driver Network
The TransForce Group, a transportation workforce solutions provider, has acquired American Driver Network, which provides a driver-specific network of websites, job boards, job postings and affiliate employment websites.
February 19, 2019