Delivery vans

Supply chain woes may delay EVs but delivery fleets can’t wait

Blue Rivian van on assembly line

Supply chain issues may be pushing back deliveries of electric vehicles, but that doesn’t mean last-mile delivery fleets looking to adopt can sit back and wait.

“Fleets may think they have plenty of time … but sometimes it will take one to two years for the infrastructure upgrades from the utility,” explained Greg Hintler, U.S. managing director for The Mobility House, an EV charging infrastructure company. “If you want to have electric vehicles in two years, you should have already started or...

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Rivian stake could be key to Ford’s EV success as it looks to topple Tesla

A fierce battle is raging between traditional carmakers and upstarts like Tesla to get the early lead in the electric vehicle race. Ford Motor Co. may hold the trump card though: a 12% stake in electric vehicle maker and Amazon-backed Rivian.

“We’re really excited about Rivian; it’s a great American company,” Ford CEO Jim Farley told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on the first edition of “Cramer’s Investing Club” on Thursday. “You can argue about what it’s worth versus what Ford is worth, but I really like...

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Amazon secures patent for delivery van-controlled drone technology

Amazon delivery drones could be controlled by vans

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) on Wednesday announced that it has secured a patent for drone technology that can be paired directly with delivery vans. The system, if it comes to fruition, could enable Amazon to optimize its last-mile delivery services by outsourcing much of the work to its automated drones.

As described in the text of the patent, “Primary vehicles having cameras or other sensors generate or transmit instructions for causing secondary vehicles, such as personal delivery devices, to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-secures-patent-for-delivery-van-controlled-drone-technology