Werner broadens base as test bed for new trucking powertrain technologies

If there’s a new trucking technology to try, it’s a good bet that Werner Enterprises will be among the first to test it.

The latest example is a hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine (ICE) from Cummins Inc. that could bridge the gap to hydrogen-powered fuel cells.

Werner (NASDAQ: WERN), a dedicated truckload and logistics provider, also is in line to test a Class 8 fuel cell truck when Cummins (NYSE: CMI) and Navistar International are ready to provide it. That experiment was announced in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/werner-broadens-base-as-test-bed-for-new-trucking-powertrain-technologies

Loaded and Rolling: Cybersecurity risks rise; Schneider grows dedicated fleet

Cybersecurity and large fleets: Risks of cyberattacks on the rise
(Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

Cybersecurity is becoming a major topic in trucking due to recent publicized ransomware attacks against motor carriers. Ransomware is a type of malware, with users locked out of their systems or files and data held hostage unless the company or user pays a fee to regain access. The time Sensitive nature of trucking, customer expectations for deliveries and high costs associated with disrupted...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loaded-and-rolling-cybersecurity-risks-rise-schneider-grows-dedicated-fleet

Locomation’s autonomous truck platform promises serious cost, emissions savings

Carrier profitability is tight. The driver shortage is worsening. Sustainability efforts are in the spotlight with a focus on the greening of commercial transportation. Trucking industry insurance rates continue to climb due to fatal accidents and costly verdicts. While there are technological solutions to remedy some of the problems individually, a complete autonomous truck platform is well positioned to rectify all these issues at the same time, Locomation

Most often, hesitation surrounding...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/locomations-autonomous-truck-platform-promises-serious-cost-emissions-savings

Tech in logistics: Disruption or distraction?

By Omar Singh, president and founder, Surge Transportation

Until recent history, all of the top brokerages have been profitable companies. This is not the case with all of the investor-backed technology companies currently taking up market share, which leads me to ask the question: Is it better to be a technology company learning supply chain or a supply chain company learning to adopt technology?

There is an old joke in our industry: “How do you become a millionaire in the trucking business? You...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tech-in-logistics-disruption-or-distraction

Human-guided autonomous tech projected to save money, improve driver lifestyle

Truckload demand holds steady

Autonomous trucking is poised to solve several long-term industrial issues, ranging from tight capacity and chronic truck parking shortages to the untenable toll of highway deaths involving heavy-duty trucks, and do so while delivering a potentially staggering wave of economic prosperity to supply chain participants for decades to come. In fact, it is becoming clearer by the day that autonomous trucks stand to revolutionize the velocity and efficiency of freight transportation in nearly every...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/human-guided-autonomous-tech-projected-to-save-money-improve-driver-lifestyle

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