Technology

As trucking and logistics workers have returned to offices and terminals without masks — and perhaps with a pang of uncertainty — some workplaces have implemented technology and procedures to protect the health of their employees against the potential for new outbreaks and variants.

The Canadian government has pushed back full implementation of its electronic logging device mandate to Jan. 1, 2023. This is the second delay of the regulation that has been many years in the making. However, the reason behind each delay is quite different.

As the cost of diesel rises, so does trucking companies’ interest in technology to monitor and improve miles per gallon.

Software developer Apex .AI announced Daimler Truck made a minority investment in the company.

Elon Musk has strengthened the equity stake of his $44 billion offer to buy Twitter with commitments of more than $7 billion from a diverse group of investors, including Silicon Valley heavy hitters such as Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison.

Electric truck startup Nikola said in its first-quarter earnings report on May 5 that it delivered its first semi-trucks to customers in April.

The Love’s Family of Companies and Cummins Inc. announced they agreed to work together to help customers integrate alternative fuel and zero-emission technologies into their operations.

Autonomous driving technology company Aurora Innovation Inc. announced it is developing a system, Aurora Beacon, intended to allow customers to optimize autonomous vehicles for “24/7/365 operation.”

TuSimple has added Werner Enterprises Inc.’s roadside service network to others that will provide support to customers operating in “driver-out” SAE Level 4 autonomous mode on its Autonomous Freight Network.

Power management company Eaton Corp. reported first-quarter net income and revenue rose, and it reached record Q1 segment margins, or the amount of profit or loss produced by one component of a business.