Can wireless EV charging become an infrastructure player?

Wireless charging of electric vehicles — literally parking a vehicle over a concrete-embedded charging plate and magnetically connecting to a vehicle — is a niche mostly restricted to transit buses and yard tractors that pull containers around a distribution yard. 

But as the rollout of plug-in charging is slowed by infrastructure buildout and lack of timely energizing, the underground solution also known as inductive charging could expand to other uses.

Expensive approach with a swift payback

“We...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/can-wireless-ev-charging-become-an-infrastructure-player

Sitetracker: Speeding electric truck charging behind the scenes

Announcements of new charging depots for electric trucks seem to come almost weekly. Some are more promises than ready-to-go power. Sitetracker, a SaaS business rooted in telecommunications, is providing a cloud-based backbone to move things along.

Sitetracker has been around since 2008. In four rounds of fundraising, it has brought in $183 million, including $66 million in a Series D round in 2022. The Montclair, New Jersey-based company has doubled its head count while seizing opportunities in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sitetracker-speeding-electric-truck-charging-behind-the-scenes

Bosch’s RevX rolls up available spot loads 

If freight brokers weren’t so preoccupied with celebrating competitor missteps, one of them might have beaten Robert Bosch to RevX — a spot load aggregation tool that also flags double brokering.

The cloud-based RevX is the second product from the German auto supplier’s global Logistics Operating System (L.OS), aimed at simplifying technology and operational processes in transportation and logistics. L.OS launched in December with a goal of generating more than $540 million in freight-related...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/boschs-revx-rolls-up-available-spot-loads

Workhorse avoids SEC enforcement, scraps C1000 electric delivery van

Electric vehicle maker Workhorse this week issued a series of announcements with major implications for its stock price.

The Sharonville, Ohio-based company on Wednesday revealed that it had avoided action from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after battling the agency’s accusations of fraud for over a year.

The firm also announced it was scrapping its C1000 electric delivery van line in favor of heavier focus on its W4 CC, W750 and W56 models, the latter of which is slated to enter...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/workhorse-avoids-sec-enforcement-scraps-c1000-electric-delivery-van

Putting port congestion in perspective — Midday Market Update

MMU 11/24

Headlines

The California port crisis is shattering records when compared to the 2015 congestion caused by contract negotiations with unionized dockworkers. The 2021 crisis has lasted longer and involved more freight than in 2015 and it still is expected to last into summer. 

Canada’s electronic logging device (ELD) mandate will not be enforced initially because no ELD has been certified for use in Canada yet. The mandate goes into effect June 12 and has similarities to the U.S. ELD rules due to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/putting-port-congestion-in-perspective-—-midday-market-update

Oshkosh beats Workhorse for Postal Service delivery vehicle contract

Defense contractor Oshkosh Truck Corp. (NYSE: OSK) won a 10-year contract to build next-generation delivery vehicles (NGDVs) for the U.S. Postal Service, beating out electric delivery van maker Workhorse Group Inc.

Day traders had driven Workhorse (NASDAQ: WKHS) shares to record levels in recent months, anticipating that at least a piece of the multibillion-dollar contract would be awarded to the company. It was one of three finalists. The Postal Service delayed awarding the contract for several...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/oshkosh-beats-workhorse-for-postal-service-delivery-vehicle-contract

If drones can deliver Starbucks, what’s taking so long for packages?

Walmart and Flytrex testing drone delivery

If you live in Fayetteville, North Carolina, you can now have Starbucks delivered — not quite in your backyard yet, but soon perhaps.

An Israeli drone company, Flytrex, has been testing drone delivery in North Carolina, delivering items from restaurants in the Holly Springs Towne Center to a pickup location within a five-minute drone flight. Starbucks, Dairy Queen Blizzards, pastries and light meals are among the menu items.

“It’s more gentle than most human couriers,” Yariv Bash, co-founder and...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/if-drones-can-deliver-starbucks-whats-taking-so-long-for-packages?

Tiny electric delivery vans occupy former home of hulking Hummer H2

The tale of Electric Last Mile Systems (ELMS) brims with irony. 

The startup’s Class 1 battery-powered delivery vans will be assembled in the plant where the hulking Hummer H2 SUV came off the line from 2003 to 2009.

Jim Taylor, the same executive who ran Hummer at General Motors (NYSE: GM), led talks to sell the brand to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery as GM teetered on the edge of an eventual bankruptcy reorganization in 2009. The deal fell apart in February 2010 and GM mothballed...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/tiny-electric-delivery-vans-occupy-former-home-of-hulking-hummer-h2

The Daily Dash: Daseke shakeup; freight-tech legal battle looms

Daseke CEO resigns

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, the CEO of flatbed operator Daseke has resigned and new board members have been named. Plus, a legal dispute between technology providers project44 and FourKites is heading to court and supply chain growth remains positive, but for the first time in four months, it has trended downward.

Daseke shakeup

The CEO of flatbed truckload operator Daseke has resigned amid a shakeup that includes new board...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/the-daily-dash-daseke-shakeup-freight-tech-legal-battle-looms

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