Undefeated champion Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) secured first place in the 2021 FreightTech 25 – a position it has held for the past three years. The Seattle-based disruptor – known most widely for its lightning-fast shipping speeds – seems to have a hand in just about every part of the logistics industry at this point.
The 2021 FreightTech 25 welcomed several newcomers, and several returning innovators experienced significant position changes. The top three winners, however, remain unchanged from...
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, the Transportation Intermediaries Association says that any broker transparency rule would be addressing a marketplace that no longer exists. Plus, federal regulators could be looking to the industry to help develop autonomous truck rules and shippers are demanding more power-only options.
TIA says broker transparency rule addresses conditions that don’t existThe Transportation Intermediaries...
Platform Science and Samsung Electronics America have expanded their collaboration to now include the deployment of Platform Science’s Remote Platform Management (RPM) products on Samsung Galaxy Tab Active devices.
Fleets using the enterprise-level ruggedized Galaxy Tab mobile devices can now run the entire RPM product portfolio, which includes mobile device management (MDM), mobile application management (MAM) and device-to-vehicle connectivity all built into Platform Science’s open telematics...
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, a Florida jury has awarded an injury victim $411 million in a judgment against a single-truck operation. Plus, a lack of freight capacity has some worrying about holiday shipping delays and Toyota and Hino will bring a Class 8 fuel-cell electric truck to the U.S. next year.
Florida jury makes a statementA Florida jury has handed down a $411 million judgment against a single-truck motor carrier that...
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Platform Science has announced its Internet of Things (IoT) fleet management platform is now a Certified Integration partner of McLeod Software. The integration means that fleets can now “offer their drivers a next-generation in-cab experience, enhancing the power of their McLeod Software LoadMaster Enterprise system with a streamlined mobile experience through the Platform Science ecosystem of edge applications,” the company said.
“McLeod Software is pleased to announce the integration of our...
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Technology providers are hyperfocused on developing solutions and providing great user experiences for customers. What many of them are not as interested in is developing the hardware to support their software.
There are exceptions, of course, but many tech providers simply partner with a third party to develop the hardware so they can focus on their core mission. So, when a partner comes along that opens up that base hardware to any and all developers, the options for the end customer grow...
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The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, reports suggest that autonomous truck startup TuSimple is not meeting revenue projections, Knight-Swift continues a trend of better-than-expected second-quarter earnings results, a long-running court battle concludes, and how innovative fleets are benefiting from open technology platforms.
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Autonomous truck startup TuSimple is not meeting its revenue projections, according to a...
For a large provider of trucking, intermodal and logistics services like Schneider (NYSE: SNDR) with tens of thousands of assets, the deployment of new technology can take months and the return on investment even longer. Trucks, trailers and containers are on the road hundreds of days a year, and routing any single unit to a facility capable of hardware installation is a complex logistical challenge. That’s why the “speed-to-value” calculation for technology deployment is so important.
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The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening today in the freight ecosystem. In this edition, California is mandating electric-truck sales, and some other states may follow suit. Plus, drivers facing life-or-death situations shouldn’t worry about hours-of-service violations and why are investors so interested in electric-truck makers?
As California goes, so goes the nationWhen California announced the world’s first electric-truck sales mandate, it garnered headlines and its fair share of...
Over the past few years, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has developed a “co-creation” process as part of its product development cycles, most notably in its electric vehicle development. In 2018, DTNA announced the formation of an Electric Vehicle Council aimed at sharing knowledge with other customers and stakeholders. It struck up a partnership with Penske and NFI to test electric vehicles, recently expanded to include 14 additional customers in the process and has been working to...