LAS VEGAS — Amid a sea of gadgets, drones, robots and virtual reality demos, commercial trucking carved out a significant niche for itself here at the Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s largest technology event.
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Event organizers say more than 182,000 technology professionals convened in Las Vegas for CES 2019. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics)
Electric, Automated Trucks Offer Glimpse of Industry’s Future at CES
Event organizers say more than 182,000 technology professionals convened in Las Vegas for CES 2019. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics)
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Check out the latest podcast episodes of our RoadSigns and LiveOnWeb programs. Episode 2 of our Season Intersession of RoadSigns, "Is Trucking Charging Toward an Electric Reality?" is now available. Check back here often as new content is always being added!
January 3, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous
Editorial: Trucks and Tech at CES
If anyone needed more proof that trucking is a tech-savvy industry, look no further than the bright lights of Las Vegas, where the annual CES technology show featured a string of announcements from major industry players.
January 10, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous
Wise Systems Closes $7 Million Series A Round
Wise Systems, an autonomous dispatch and routing software provider for delivery fleets, has raised $7 million in its Series A round, according to a Dec. 6 press release.
January 10, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous, TCA
AAA NorCal
AAA Acquires Nation’s Largest Autonomous Vehicle Test Site
AAA NorCal
The largest autonomous vehicle test site in the United States has been acquired by AAA of Northern California, Nevada and Utah, one of the most familiar car-club brands in the country.
January 9, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous
A Flytrex drone makes a delivery. (Flytrex via YouTube)
Drone Company Flytrex Closes $7.5 Million Series B Round
A Flytrex drone makes a delivery. (Flytrex via YouTube)
Drone-delivery technology company Flytrex announced it has raised $7.5 million in Series B funding, according to a Jan. 8 press release. This round brings the company’s total to $11 million.
January 8, 2019
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous
A Tesla Supercharger station in Kriegstetten, Switzerland. (Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg)
Race for Next-Generation Battery Supremacy Has an Early Leader
A Tesla Supercharger station in Kriegstetten, Switzerland. (Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg)
To deliver an electric vehicle that’s cheaper, safer and capable of traveling 500 miles on a single charge, the auto industry needs a breakthrough in battery technology. Easier said than done.
January 8, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous
Daimler’s Vision Urbanetic with electrically powered chassis has switchable bodies to transform into a cargo-version sibling. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News)
Daimler, Bosch Cruise Into Robotaxi Era With Slow Shuttles
Daimler’s Vision Urbanetic with electrically powered chassis has switchable bodies to transform into a cargo-version sibling. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News)
Four years ago, Daimler AG dazzled with a self-driving luxury lounge in Las Vegas. This year the Mercedes-Benz maker is back at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, though with a more utilitarian slant: a bubble-like autonomous shuttle designed to reliably ferry people and goods around town at limited speeds.
January 7, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel, Logistics, Autonomous
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Infrastructure, Trade Loom Large for Trucking in the New Year
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Infrastructure and trade loom large for trucking in the year ahead as freight carriers adjust to a slower, but still positive, rate of economic growth in 2019, according to industry experts interviewed by Transport Topics.
January 4, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous
Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg News
Robots Aren’t Yet Killing Off All Our Jobs, World Bank Says
Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg News
The rise of automation has so far had a negligible impact on jobs at a global scale, the World Bank chief economist said, despite common gloomy predictions that humans are set to be replaced by machines.
January 3, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Autonomous
Alex Kraus/Bloomberg News
Tesla Sinks After Cutting Model 3 Price as Deliveries Disappoint
Alex Kraus/Bloomberg News
Tesla Inc. plunged in early trading Jan. 2 after delivering fewer Model 3 sedans than analysts expected in the fourth quarter and cutting prices to partially make up for the federal tax credit that’s been halved in the U.S.
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