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Commercial freight transportation businesses rely on data, intelligence, and novel solutions for operational efficiency. Transport Topics technology coverage investigates available technologies, real-world applications of business solutions, and the strategies necessary for advancement. News topics focus on the latest applied science, and issues range from autonomous vehicle and robotics innovations to management software, tracking and transparency, data analytics, blockchain, and the internet of things.

Business, Technology, Fuel

Nikola’s Trevor Milton Has $7.4 Billion Fortune on Free Truck Orders

The executive chairman of Nikola Corp. is under siege from skeptics of the company he started in 2014 with the goal of revolutionizing the trucking industry.

June 12, 2020
Technology

Solving a $1B Problem with Cargo Image Capture

A picture is worth 1,000 words; in our industry, it’s worth countless dollars. How many times have you wished for eyes inside your trailer when you’re managing detention? How many times have you sent for a trailer, to find it’s still loaded? New cargo imaging technology tackles a $1B problem.

June 11, 2020
Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous

Kodiak Offers First Inside Look at Safety Assessment

Kodiak Robotics Inc. recently made its 350th commercial delivery and detailed how it is approaching the challenge of providing its longhaul trucks with self-driving technology.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
June 11, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous

Satellite Firm Develops Long-Distance System for Delivery Drones

Inmarsat Group Holdings Ltd. says it has found a way to safely fly civil drones over long distances, a step that may help pave the way for mass adoption by industries from transportation to energy and infrastructure.

Thomas Seal | Bloomberg News
June 11, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

German Government Agrees on National Hydrogen Strategy

The German government agreed June 10 on a long-term strategy for increasing production and use of hydrogen as part of a plan to cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Frank Jordans | Associated Press
June 10, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Tesla’s Elon Musk: ‘Time to Go All Out’ on Semi Production

CEO Elon Musk sent an email to Tesla employees before the market opened June 10 declaring that it is “time to go all out” and put Tesla’s Semi into volume production.

June 10, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

Infrastructure Stakeholders Press Senators for Testing, PPE Priority

A coalition that includes freight stakeholders and myriad transportation interests is calling on senators to advance legislation that would prioritize testing for critical infrastructure workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
June 9, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel

CHBC Names Bill Zobel Executive Director

The California Hydrogen Business Council announced the appointment of Bill Zobel as its executive director.

June 9, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel

Nikola Gets Valued at $34 Billion Before Gain Is Wiped Out

Tesla Inc. shares are at an all-time high. Hertz Global Holdings Inc.’s are well above where they were before the company went bankrupt. But no stock in the automotive sector is a better indication of equity-market exuberance than Nikola Corp.

Ed Ludlow and Craig Trudell | Bloomberg News
June 9, 2020
Government, Business, Technology

Tesla Hails Air-Quality Effects of Shutdowns Elon Musk Called ‘Fascist’

Tesla Inc. said the drop in pollution during coronavirus-related shutdowns could embolden governments that already have been making plans to eventually ban vehicles that run on fossil fuels.

Gabrielle Coppola | Bloomberg News
June 8, 2020