When most fleets think about the electric grid, it’s about how much power they can get and when. Seed-stage startup Synop has another idea – making money by helping return unneeded power to utilities.
When Gagan Dhillon worked for Volvo Trucks North America, he saw an opportunity to create a TMS for electric trucks. No one was interested. Then he and longtime friend Andrew...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/building-an-electrification-business-in-reverse
Powerhouse logistics companies require powerhouse technology solutions.
A company’s core programs and applications are central to its daily business operations, and innovative software can be essential to unlocking new markets and revenue streams. On the other hand, inefficient and outdated systems and software may impede peak operating potential and business growth.
Building and maintaining robust customized and flexible systems can be overwhelming, as supply chain technology requirements are...
MAN Energy Solutions has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider to provide advanced analytics, machine learning, and Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities for the CEON platform.
The MAN CEON digital platform connects MAN equipment across different industries and geographies. It offers customers advice, condition-based maintenance, and repair guidance for connected equipment. By selecting AWS, MAN Energy Solutions is executing on its strategy to help its customers...
California does its bit for small fleets looking to electrify; Amazon Web Services makes cloud storage for automotive autonomy a thing; and Peterbilt takes immersive reality to the service bay. And yes, we have changed our name.
Beginning this week, Truck Talk is now Truck Tech, a title that better describes the newsletter’s content. We still offer perspective, context and commentary on the trucking ecosystem and its evolution through autonomous, connectivity and electrification technologies.
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This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Data, cloud storage and the future of the supply chain
DETAILS: The rapid digital transformation taking place across the global supply chain is changing how companies use data. Chris Hurst of Chattanooga, Tennessee-based IT firm StratusGrid talks to Michele Sancricca of Amazon Web Services (AWS) about the increasingly critical role of data in the supply chain and companies’ shift to cloud-based...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/f3-chat-why-data-cloud-storage-are-critical-to-supply-chain
Κατά τη διάρκεια της 85ης Διεθνούς Έκθεσης Θεσσαλονίκης, πραγματοποιήθηκε συνάντηση μεταξύ Στελεχών της ΟΛΘ Α.Ε. και της Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Επίκεντρο ήταν η μετατροπή του Λιμένα Θεσσαλονίκης σε «έξυπνο λιμάνι».
Αυτό θα γίνει μέσω της χρήσης έξυπνων τεχνολογιών για την ψηφιοποίηση των συστημάτων.
Σκοπός είναι η παροχή αποτελεσματικών και αξιόπιστων ποιοτικών υπηρεσιών.
Η ΟΛΘ Α.Ε. και η AWS συζήτησαν τεχνολογικές λύσεις που μπορούν να βελτιώσουν την αποδοτικότητα και την ευκινησία και...
Plenty of large brands have hopped on the e-commerce bandwagon, building out their own proprietary technologies to further monetize their products. But why stop there — why not monetize e-commerce itself?
That’s precisely what Walmart is doing. The world’s largest retailer announced Wednesday that it will now begin offering subscriptions to its proprietary e-commerce “technologies and capabilities” to small and midsized businesses, teaming with Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) to integrate its Marketplace,...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/could-walmart-become-the-next-tech-giant
Land, sea and air have joined forces in a Coalition for the Energy of the Future (CEF) as the group announces seven key projects for 2021 that will offer green alternatives to logistics solutions.
Launched in 2019, CEF was formed to develop new fuels and technologies that will “achieve genuine technological breakthroughs with tangible results by 2030”.
According to the partnership, the CEF has three major goals, to develop an “extensive portfolio” of green energy; to decrease the energy...
https://container-news.com/cef-develops-seven-green-projects-as-decarbonisation-gathers-pace/
Torc Robotics generates millions of gigabytes of data testing self-driving Freightliner Cascadias for Daimler Truck AG. Now it is contracting with Amazon’s cloud business for faster analysis.
Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) will manage data transfer, storage and compute capacity as Torc prepares to deploy its second generation Class 8 self-driving trucks in New Mexico and Virginia.
The size of the fleet is growing. More data is being created. Engineering teams in the U.S. and Germany need help...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/torc-robotics-gets-help-to-analyze-self-driving-freightliner-data
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Three new intermodal hubs signed for the Texas Gulf Coast; jury awards $500,000 for damage from truck accident; NTG promotes Drew Herpich to chief commercial officer; and Volkswagen links U.S.-Mexico factories through cloud services.
Three new intermodal hubs for Texas Gulf Coast
USDG announced Wednesday the development of a $130 million multimodal oil-handling terminal...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/three-new-multimodal-hubs-for-texas