SEC backs off on requiring companies to report scope 3 emissions

Tracking the full impact of greenhouse gas emissions down the supply chains of publicly traded companies will not be required by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency decided Wednesday.

Scope 3 emissions are those generated by a company in the supply chain two steps away from the reporting company, though it would not be dealing directly with those companies.  The initial rule proposed by the SEC would have required publicly traded companies to report their scope 3 emissions in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sec-backs-off-on-requiring-companies-to-report-scope-3-emissions

Founders of shuttered Argo AI launch autonomous trucking startup

The founders of shuttered self-driving car startup Argo AI, which was abandoned by Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG, are starting an autonomous trucking business with $1 billion in backing from Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp.

“With our proprietary technology and expertise as well as the commitment from our long-term partner in SoftBank, we are confident we will revolutionize the trucking and freight industries,” Bryan Salesky, founder and CEO of Stack AV, said in a news release.

The move is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/founders-of-shuttered-argo-ai-launch-autonomous-trucking-startup

Electric truck recalls begin to mount — albeit in small numbers

The number of affected vehicles is barely noticeable — until you count the number of recall campaigns. Electric trucks are having early life quality problems.

The latest of 10 electric truck recalls in the past three months was reported on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website Monday. It involves the loss of power to 82 Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 trucks. The electronic axles may have insufficiently welded planetary gear sets.

E-axles and planetary gear sets are components...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/electric-truck-recalls-begin-to-mount-albeit-in-small-numbers

Canoo gets lifeline from Walmart in electric delivery van deal

Blue Canoo lifestyle delivery vehicle on blue background

Startup electric vehicle maker Canoo Inc., which said as recently as May there was “substantial doubt” about its survival. It appears safe for the moment thanks to Walmart’s purchase of 4,500 of its lifestyle delivery vehicles.

The announcement Tuesday morning before the opening bell on the Nasdaq sent Canoo (NASDAQ: GOEV) shares soaring. It more than doubled in price before falling back to a 53%, gain, closing at $3.63 Tuesday.

Walmart signed a definitive agreement with Canoo for its LDV with an...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canoo-gets-lifeline-from-walmart-in-electric-delivery-van-deal

Can Shippeo walk the North American visibility walk?

Businesses seeking a vendor to provide real-time transportation visibility platforms (RTTVP) might have trouble gaining visibility into which potential partner offers the better mousetrap.

Take Shippeo, a 7-year-old French company that announced in early February its entry into the North American market. Shippeo, whose revenue today almost exclusively comes from Europe, planted its North American flag with the claim it will go where other RTTVP players haven’t gone before. In its Feb. 9...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/can-shippeo-walk-the-north-american-visibility-walk

Truck Talk: Delayed gratification edition

Tesla delays the Semi for a fourth time. Is Elon Musk losing his first-mover edge in electric trucks? Low-mileage used trucks are hard to get. So why are major players adding storefronts to sell them? And is that a transforming Mack Truck — or not?

Lost advantage or …

With its fourth delay to planned production in late 2023, a case can be made that the Tesla Semi electric truck is losing the first-mover advantage it claimed from its reveal in late 2017.

Or maybe not.

“If Tesla can make a 400- to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-talk-delayed-gratification-edition

Truck Talk: Autonomous hitching edition

FreightWaves regularly covers the six startups pursuing Level 4 high autonomy on the road. This week, we’re looking at autonomy from a different perspective. What happens when those trailers get to their destinations?

Getting hitched

The 10 billion tons of freight moved in trailers could eventually whisk down the highway via robot. Then what happens?  

Outrider Inc. CEO Andrew Smith offered his perspective on how automating freight and distribution yards will soon include touchless hitching and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-talk-autonomous-hitching-edition

AEV Summit: Electrification, autonomy may debut in unexpected areas

Michael Ramsey chats with Sebastian Blanco at FreightWaves’ Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Electrification in trucking and surveying the driverless landscape

DETAILS: A discussion on the areas where electric vehicles and autonomy will be used in the trucking industry.

INTERVIEWER AND SPEAKER: Sebastian Blanco, automotive supply chain analyst and journalist at FreightWaves, and Michael Ramsey, VP, analyst, automotive and smart mobility, Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT).

BIO: Ramsey leads Gartner’s automotive and smart mobility research in the CIO group at Gartner. His...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aev-summit-electrification-autonomy-may-debut-in-unexpected-areas

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