Technology: Page 5


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    XPO launches Mexico+ cross-border shipping service

    The carrier's Yellow Corp. terminal acquisitions have allowed it to expand to seven border crossing points for faster delivery times.

    By July 22, 2024
  • A Volvo VNL on an overpass with city buildings in the background.
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    Volvo to receive $208M to accelerate heavy-duty electric truck production

    The funds will modify plants in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, where Mack and Volvo will produce new equipment or powertrain components.

    By July 18, 2024
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    Provided by Nikola Canada. 

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    Walmart Canada debuts hydrogen truck

    The Nikola tractor contributes to the retailer’s goal of a 100% alternatively powered fleet by 2028.

    By July 15, 2024
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    Supply chain data-sharing leader promoted in federal multimodal office

    Andrew Petrisin, creator of the DOT's Freight Logistics Optimization Works program, has been named deputy assistant secretary.

    By July 11, 2024
  • A Nikola hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle on a highway.
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    Nikola progresses toward ambitious 2024 sales goal

    The company wholesaled 72 hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks in the quarter, besting its projected output.

    By July 8, 2024
  • An R.E. Garrison worker interacts with a trailer's settings.
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    Trucking firms add automated scheduling software

    R.E. Garrison is among the firms using Qued's technology to reduce the amount of tedious manual tasks.

    By July 3, 2024
  • A Torc Robotics self-driving tractor-trailer being tested on a road under overpasses in New Mexico.
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    Torc Robotics expects to remove truck drivers on public roads by 2027

    The company plans to initially launch its autonomous technology on an I-35 lane in Texas, its VP of commercialization told Trucking Dive.

    By July 2, 2024
  • A Kodiak self-driving truck and Artur Express trailer outside a building in a parking area.
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    Artur Express reserves 100 autonomous Kodiak trucks

    The carrier anticipates safer roads and improved driver schedules with the AVs.

    By June 28, 2024
  • Ryder techs work alongside a Gatik autonomous truck in a maintenance shop.
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    Ryder executives to assess AI opportunities

    Company leaders will gather to discuss how the business approaches the technology.

    By June 27, 2024
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    Hydrogen truck developer Hyzon narrows its target market focus

    The company will also explore a potential sale of its business.

    By June 25, 2024
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    Corn growers file legal challenge against EPA’s trucking emissions rule

    Industry groups argue that a transition to battery-powered trucks would have unintended consequences for the biofuels and agricultural industries.

    By Nathan Owens • June 25, 2024
  • RXO staff work at computers in a modern office with a TV screen showing the company's logo and green lights illuminating desk dividers.
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    RXO to acquire UPS’ Coyote Logistics

    The parcel giant expects to complete the $1.025 billion deal by the end of 2024.

    By June 24, 2024
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    CH Robinson promotes COO to chief strategy, innovation officer

    Arun Rajan, who also previously served as chief technology officer, took on the newly created role last week.

    By June 24, 2024
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    7 stats that show how inflation, AI are reshaping employee expectations

    2024’s talent trends will likely drive “seismic change” in the world of work, ADP research says.

    By Kate Tornone • June 24, 2024
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    Waabi plans to launch driverless trucks in 2025

    The company emphasized the technology’s use of generative artificial intelligence in moving forward.

    By June 18, 2024
  • A rendering of Intel's upcoming New Albany, Ohio, manufacturing campus.
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    Intel chip equipment ‘super load’ makes its way across Ohio

    The delivery is one of 24 massive loads bringing air processing machinery to the upcoming $28 billion manufacturing campus.

    By June 18, 2024
  • Multi-ethnic group of construction workers working in an office space.
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    Fixing engagement? Consider employee workload, report says

    Achieving optimal workload, however, isn’t just about eliminating work, said a McLean & Co. leader.

    By Carolyn Crist • June 18, 2024
  • A safety driver monitors a self-driving Kodiak tractor-trailer navigate a turning ramp of a highway.
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    ‘A totally different world’: Autonomous trucks prepare to go driverless in Texas

    Trucking Dive rode in a heavy-duty AV and toured Aurora and Kodiak sites to experience the developing technology firsthand.

    By June 11, 2024
  • A man in a dark suit stands in front of an audience.
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    How climate change is hitting highways

    Resilience is a key consideration for road builders amid a slew of new environmental conditions, said a Federal Highway Administration official at the recent 2024 NIBS conference in Washington, D.C.

    By Julie Strupp • June 10, 2024
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    CH Robinson hires GE Aerospace executive as CFO

    The brokerage recruited Damon Lee, lauding his background in leading transformations and continuous improvement.

    By June 7, 2024
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    Hyundai, Plus test electric AV

    The software firm’s partnership with the automaker adds to the mix of its autonomous testing.

    By June 6, 2024
  • A tractor-trailer travels in the evening light in Canada.
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    Transfix sells brokerage to NFI, pivots its business

    The digital firm will focus on selling software as a service.

    By June 6, 2024
  • A U.S. Department of Labor sign is see outside the agency.
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    Employers should include workers in AI plans, DOL says

    The agency outlined a list of eight “AI Principles for Developers and Employers,” following up on a 2023 directive from the White House.

    By Ryan Golden • June 5, 2024
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    Flexport expands Convoy load board to brokers

    The logistics tech firm says its AI-driven digital platform will lower procurement and load management costs as much as 90%.

    By June 5, 2024
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    Execs from Cummins and J&M Tank Lines join ATRI board

    Cummins’ Brett Merritt and J&M Tank Lines’ Harold Sumerford Jr. were appointed by Board Chairman Derek Leathers, Werner’s CEO.

    By June 4, 2024