Serial entrepreneurs Andrew and Michael Leto, who started GlobalTranz Enterprises and 10-4 Systems, both of which were sold earlier this year, are launching a new enterprise. It is a software platform called Emerge that allows shippers and carriers to book loads, track shipments and source new capacity in what is being described as a private freight marketplace.
November 19, 2018Technology
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Andrew (left) and Michael Leto are launching a new software platform called Emerge. (Emerge)
Andrew, Michael Leto Secure Funding for New Online Freight Marketplace
Andrew (left) and Michael Leto are launching a new software platform called Emerge. (Emerge)
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October 22, 2018
Business, Technology
Airspace Technologies Receives $20 Million to Expand Globally
Airspace Technologies, a company that offers a digital operating platform for air cargo and time-critical delivery services, has received $20 million in Series B funding to support global expansion and accelerate development of a next-generation delivery network and enterprise software platform.
November 19, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics
Cadence Premier Logistics via YouTube
Cadence Premier Logistics Opens Center in Illinois
Cadence Premier Logistics via YouTube
Cadence Premier Logistics has opened the Pit Stop Truck Center, a 77,000-square-foot facility in Joliet, Ill., the company announced Nov. 14.
November 16, 2018
Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous
Emergency personnel work at the scene where a Tesla electric SUV crashed into a barrier on U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View, Calif., on March 23, 2018. (KTVU via AP)
Driver-Assist Systems Don’t Always Work, AAA Tests Show
Emergency personnel work at the scene where a Tesla electric SUV crashed into a barrier on U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View, Calif., on March 23, 2018. (KTVU via AP)
DETROIT — Testing by AAA shows that electronic driver-assist systems on the road today may not keep vehicles in their lanes or spot stationary objects in time to avoid a crash.
November 16, 2018
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous
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Musk to Prowl Production Lines in Push for Model 3 Milestone
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he will walk the entire Model 3 production line Nov. 27-28. From battery cells to finished vehicles, all assembly areas need to be able to support making 1,000 cars per day, he said.
November 16, 2018
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous
Volkswagen's ID Buzz on display at the International Frankfurt Motor Show in 2017. (Martin Meissner/AP)
VW to Invest $50 Billion in Autonomous, Electric Cars
Volkswagen's ID Buzz on display at the International Frankfurt Motor Show in 2017. (Martin Meissner/AP)
FRANKFURT, Germany — Automaker Volkswagen says it will invest $50 billion (44 billion euros) in developing autonomous and electric cars and expand the appeal of battery-powered cars by selling its upcoming ID compact for about what a diesel-powered Golf costs.
November 16, 2018
Business, Technology, Logistics
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Tesla Has Bought Trucking Companies to Boost Deliveries, Elon Musk Says
Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg News
Elon Musk apparently is charting his way out of what he’s referred to as “delivery logistics hell” by making acquisitions and lining up contracts with trucking haulers.
November 15, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel
ZAF Opens Nickel-Zinc Battery R&D Facility in Montana
Battery technologies developer ZAF Energy Systems has announced the opening of a research and development facility in Bozeman, Mont., according to a Nov. 13 press release. Scientists and engineers at the 8,000-square-foot facility are developing nickel-zinc technologies with an emphasis on performance improvements and cost reduction.
November 15, 2018
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous
Turvo Raises $60 Million in Series B Funding
Turvo, a collaborative logistics platform, announced Nov. 8 it had raised $60 million in Series B funding.
November 15, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Gregory Dubus
Cargo Theft Detective Warns of Thieves’ Sophistication, Organization
Gregory Dubus
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Detective Gerardo A. Pachuca is a member of Cargo CATS, the department’s team of experienced investigators and one of a handful of multiagency teams in the United States dedicated exclusively to targeting cargo thieves and their receivers.
November 15, 2018Pages
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