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Are hydrogen combustion engines delayed or DOA?

Guidehouse Insights has published an extensive report on the global prospects for internal combustion engines powered by hydrogen. You can spend $3,950 to buy the full report and its 43 charts tracking markets for H2 ICE. Or, you can read one of the author’s perspectives below.

Hydrogen ICE study: Not that great a solution

Except for some vocational use cases in North America, a forgiving regulatory environment in Europe and a drive for energy independence in India, the idea of using gaseous or...

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Sensor analytics for robotic trucks could provide reverse benefit

Back in February, the predictive analytics software experts at Uptake cut a deal with Daimler Truck to use its data-as-a-service model to tell when any of 160 possible faults and failures could happen. This could result in huge savings for fleets adding the software.

How would this play out for driverless trucks.

“You’re going to see a greater amount of sensor data and information coming out of each one of these trucks,” said Jim Lowell, vice president of technology for Chicago-based Uptake....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sensor-analytics-for-robotic-trucks-could-provide-reverse-benefit

The Stockout: Reefer spot rates fall as contract rates catch up

Reefer spot rates hit five-month low as capacity loosens. After a relentless uptrend from May through September 2020, reefer spot rates stabilized through the end of the year. Aside from a short-lived spike around the holiday season, rates have contracted at a rapid rate through 2021 and are now at the lowest level since August. 

The decline in reefer spot rates coincides with falling tender rejection rates (ROTRI), a measure of how difficult it is for shippers to source capacity. Easing price...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-stockout-reefer-spot-rates-fall-as-contract-rates-catch-up

Best transportation companies for female employees named

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has released its 2020 list of the top transportation companies for females.

The annual Top Companies for Women to Work for in Transportation list was created by WIT magazine Redefining the Road in 2018 as part of its mission to promote the accomplishments of businesses focused on the employment of females in the trucking industry.

Companies making the list this year were listed alphabetically, beginning with AGT Global Logistics, founded and led by Angela...

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Real Estate Roundup: Industrial real estate grabs attention of big-time investors

Real Estate Roundup is a periodic rundown of developments in the world of industrial real estate used for logistics and transportation. This week: Investors, hungry for higher returns, circle like hawks over industrial real estate.

It’s no secret that industrial real estate has thrived during the pandemic. Supply chain management, warehousing and distribution are viewed as vital to the economy now and in the future.

E-commerce sales, after all, are expected to increase 18% this year to $710...

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Musk – time for Tesla Semi to get on the road

Tesla Semi

The oft-delayed Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) battery-powered semi-truck is in the news again following a leaked internal memo from CEO Elon Musk saying the company needs to go “all out” to get the truck on the road.

The memo, first reported Wednesday by Reuters, doesn’t give a production date. The current expectation is 2021 after launch delays in 2019 and this year. Limited production is expected this year, Musk said on Tesla’s first-quarter earnings call.

“It’s time to go all out and bring the Tesla...

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