Feb 22, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, Logistics, Trucks
Using electric trucks for short, repeatable trips to assembly plants is expanding as more OEMs require suppliers to shush the noise and eliminate the diesel exhaust that accompany delivering incoming parts and components. How did inbound logistics become a thing in an...
Feb 1, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Roads, Safety, Trucks
Crash tests indicate nation’s guardrail system can’t handle heavy electric vehicles Battery weights are too much for current road safety equipment, since EVs are 25 percent to 50 percent heavier than gas-powered cars. Electric vehicles that typically...
Feb 1, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, Infrastructure, Trucks
Daimler Truck North America, Navistar, and Volvo Group North America just formed a coalition to accelerate the rollout of US charging infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks. Daimler Truck North America, Navistar, and Volvo Group North America sell...
Feb 1, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Ports, Trucks
Kodiak Robotics in December opened a second facility, allowing Tthe company to launch and land autonomous trucks as well as transfer freight on routes between Houston, Dallas and Oklahoma City. “Expanding our network of truck ports with Ryder will enable us to operate...
Jan 18, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Tire Technology, Trucks
Gatik’s autonomous box trucks are going to be the first AVs on the road to roll on Goodyear’s ultra-intelligent data-collecting tires. Using its proprietary Sightline tech, the tires can measure their own air pressure, the amount of friction between the rubber and the...
Jan 18, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Trucks
Driverless trucks with no humans on board will soon cruise Texas highways if three startup firms have their way, despite objections from critics who say financial pressures, not safety, is behind the timetable. After years of testing, Aurora Innovation Inc., Kodiak...
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