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Commercial freight transportation businesses rely on data, intelligence, and novel solutions for operational efficiency. Transport Topics technology coverage investigates available technologies, real-world applications of business solutions, and the strategies necessary for advancement. News topics focus on the latest applied science, and issues range from autonomous vehicle and robotics innovations to management software, tracking and transparency, data analytics, blockchain, and the internet of things.

Business, Technology, Fuel

Porsche, Tesla Compete on Electric Vehicle Speed

First there was derision. Then mockery turned into admiration. Now a battle is unfolding between the most revered names in the automobile world, Porsche and Tesla Inc., on one of the world’s most challenging racetracks.

September 13, 2019

Truckbase Business Overview, Features, Reviews 2024

Truckbase has emerged as the next-generation truck dispatch software leader with its suite of easy-to-use tools for truckload carriers.

Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

New Volvo Engine Offers Fuel Economy, Efficiency Gains

DUBLIN, Va. — The next generation of the 13-liter turbo compound engine from Volvo Trucks North America offers improved fuel economy over the current model, the company announced.

Joe Howard | Executive Editor
September 13, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

Trump Administration Poised to Pull California’s Clean-Car Power

The Trump administration has decided to advance a plan to strip California of its power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles on its own.

Ryan Beene | Bloomberg News
September 13, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment

Wabco Partners With Silicon Valley Firm Plug and Play

Wabco Holdings Inc. announced it has signed a three-year agreement to be an anchor partner with Plug and Play, a global innovation platform leader headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. The Swiss company will gain access to Plug and Play’s global partnership network, which includes many startups, market disruptors and industry leaders.

September 13, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous

VW in $9 Billion Software Revamp as It Expands Tech Shift

Volkswagen AG is bundling its software operations with an investment plan of about 8 billion euro ($9 billion) over the next three to five years, another step in the electric- and connected-car shift that’s heralding massive change across the industry.

Christoph Rauwald | Bloomberg News
September 13, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous

China’s ‘Uber-for-Trucks’ Breaks Even En Route to IPO

China’s Uber-for-trucks startup Full Truck Alliance said it’s weighing an initial public offering after breaking even from May, defying a sectorwide downturn.

September 13, 2019
Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous

Volvo Improves Braking, Detection With Updated Driver Assist System

DUBLIN, Va. — Volvo Trucks North America introduced an updated version of its driver assistance system that increases the speed from which the brakes can stop the truck without driver input, and which improves the system’s recognition of when the driver switches lanes to avoid a vehicle in its path.

Joe Howard | Executive Editor
September 12, 2019
Government, Business, Technology

Trump Advisers Consider Interim China Deal to Delay Tariffs

Trump administration officials have discussed offering a limited trade agreement to China that would delay and even roll back some U.S. tariffs for the first time in exchange for Chinese commitments on intellectual property and agricultural purchases, according to sources.

September 12, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics

DHL Opens Chicago Innovation Center

CHICAGO — Chicago’s long history as a transportation and logistics hub is one of the reasons DHL North America selected the city for its third Innovation Center worldwide. The Americas Innovation Center, which opened Sept. 12, showcases technologies that already have provided significant productivity increases.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
September 12, 2019
Government, Business, Technology

US, China Exchange Goodwill Gesture Ahead of Trade Talks

WASHINGTON — The United States and China traded conciliatory gestures, raising hopes they can de-escalate a standoff over trade that has shaken financial markets and cast gloom over the global economy.

Joe McDonald and Paul Wiseman | Associated Press
September 12, 2019