Deutsche Post AG will stop producing its electric delivery vehicle called StreetScooter, bringing to an end a much-hyped venture that was once seen as a possible disrupter to conventional van makers such as Volkswagen AG and Daimler AG.
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An electric cable charges a StreetScooter outside the Ford factory in Cologne, Germany. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)
Deutsche Post Scraps Its Electric Delivery Van Built With Ford
An electric cable charges a StreetScooter outside the Ford factory in Cologne, Germany. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)
Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous
An Einride vehicle. (Einride)
Einride to Hire Autonomous Truck Operators in Sweden, US
An Einride vehicle. (Einride)
Swedish technology company Einride on Feb. 27 announced plans to hire two autonomous truck operators over the next year.
February 27, 2020
Business, Technology
Boivin at E-Smart’s exhibit at TMC’s 2020 annual meeting in Atlanta. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics)
E-Smart Adds Features to Active Speed-Management System
Boivin at E-Smart’s exhibit at TMC’s 2020 annual meeting in Atlanta. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics)
ATLANTA — E-Smart is expanding the fleet-management capabilities available for its intelligent speed-management system as the business moves forward as a stand-alone company.
February 27, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous, TCA
Kyle Vogt, founder, president and CTO for Cruise Automation Inc., holds an articulating radar while speaking at a Cruise reveal event in San Francisco on Jan. 21. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
California OKs Passengers for GM’s Cruise Autonomous Vehicle Test
Kyle Vogt, founder, president and CTO for Cruise Automation Inc., holds an articulating radar while speaking at a Cruise reveal event in San Francisco on Jan. 21. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
Cruise, the autonomous-vehicle unit of General Motors Co., has been cleared to carry passengers in California.
February 27, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous
Chris Lee, vice president of engineering at Great Dane Trailers by John Sommers II for Transport Topics
Connected Vehicle Experts Discuss OEM Role, Safety
Chris Lee, vice president of engineering at Great Dane Trailers by John Sommers II for Transport Topics
ATLANTA — Original equipment manufacturers have an important role to play in the adoption of connected vehicle technology, according to Chris Lee, vice president of engineering at Great Dane Trailers.
February 27, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment
2020 TMC Recap: Collaboration Rules the Day
Joe Howard, Transport Topics executive editor, gives his take on the TMC annual conference this year.
February 27, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel
Traffic on a Los Angeles highway. (Jamie Rector/Bloomberg News)
Trucking Mostly Supports EPA Emissions Plan, but Small Fleets Skeptical
Traffic on a Los Angeles highway. (Jamie Rector/Bloomberg News)
Stakeholder comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s plans to aggressively reduce oxides of nitrogen emissions generally were positive, but with some caveats.
February 27, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous, Editorial
Editorial: TMC Theme Was New Tech, Skilled Professionals Are Propelling Trucking Forward
While new technology is driving trucking forward, the industry still needs the expertise of service professionals to keep tomorrow’s equipment running smoothly.
February 27, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment
New TMC Chairman Stacy Earnhardt is director of asset management and specialized operations for Best Logistics Group in Kernersville, N.C. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
New TMC Chairman Stacy Earnhardt Is Trucking Industry Lifer
New TMC Chairman Stacy Earnhardt is director of asset management and specialized operations for Best Logistics Group in Kernersville, N.C. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
ATLANTA — The appointment of Stacy Earnhardt as next chairman of the American Trucking Associations’ Technology and Maintenance Council is a natural step in a lifetime spent around trucks and trucking.
February 26, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Autonomous
A Waymo Chrysler Pacifica vehicle by Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg News
New Autonomous Mileage Reports Are Out, but Is the Data Meaningful?
A Waymo Chrysler Pacifica vehicle by Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg News
Alphabet’s Waymo and General Motors-backed Cruise saw their autonomous vehicles require less help from human drivers on California’s public roads in 2019.
February 26, 2020