CES 2020

Kenworth Truck Co. skipped the fanfare in debuting its proof-of-concept Level 4 autonomous truck at CES 2020 because the Paccar Inc. (NASDAQ: PCAR) brand is focused on learning what to expect from automated driving. "We have a pretty good plan and it's going to take a lot of validation work once...

Even as Needham remains cautious on NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA), some peers are upbeat about the prospects for the graphics chipmaker, especially after the Consumer Electronic Show. The Analysts Argus analyst Jim Kelleher reiterated a Buy rating on Nvidia and raised the price target from $240...

The success of disaster recovery is entirely about the supply chain, experts said during a logistics resilience panel discussion at CES 2020 that took place a few days after a powerful earthquake struck Puerto Rico. Eighty percent of humanitarian spending goes to logistics, according to Kathy...

Explosive growth in e-commerce has spawned a new generation of transportation options designed expressly for navigating and delivering packages in dense city neighborhoods. With few exceptions, the latest offerings hew to the connected, autonomous, shared and electric vision that startups and OEMs...

The interior of the Nikola Motors Two Class 8 semi-tractor takes cues from modern airplane cockpits with only a handful of buttons and switches. Drivers perform most functions via waterproof touch screens that can withstand a high-pressure hosing. Nikola so far is noted for its futuristic exterior...

EmbraerX, a subsidiary of Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer, and drone startup Elroy Air have agreed to collaborate on developing Elroy's Chaparral, an unmanned, hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) cargo aircraft. The announcement came Wednesday at CES 2020 in Las Vegas. The...

Kenworth Truck Co. showed its first zero-emissions Class 6 medium-duty electric truck with power electronics from Dana Inc. (NYSE: DAN) at CES 2020, a few feet from where sibling Peterbilt Motors unveiled its version a year ago. The Peterbilt Model 220E originally was shown with power electronics...

The trucking industry had a cameo in Ivanka Trump's CES 2020 keynote speech, held Jan. 7 in a packed Las Vegas hotel ballroom. "In the majority of states in the country, truck driving is the largest occupation," said Trump, whose talk took the form of a fireside chat with Gary Shapiro, president...

A new application of Continental Automotive's Surround View Camera system on display at CES 2020 in Las Vegas could let truckers see what's beyond the hill ahead with a view of the pavement under the hood.  The Transparent Hood technology from the German supplier is being shown for passenger cars...

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) CEO Lisa Su hosted a press conference Monday ahead of the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show, announcing new products and laying out a product roadmap. The AMD Analyst Morgan Stanley analyst Joseph Moore maintained an Equal-weight rating on AMD with a $42...

TiVo Corp (NASDAQ: TIVO) announced from the 2020 Consumer Electronics Conference the launch of its new streaming video platform called TiVo Stream 4k. What Happened TiVo said its new streaming platform will combine live TV and Cloud DVR capabilities from the Sling TV app. The new platform will...

The Mercedes-Benz Avatar-inspired vision of sustainable mobility practically swam across a Las Vegas theater stage, gill-like flaps across the rear opening and closing as though breathing.  Oscar-winning director James Cameron gushed about the German automaker's expression of how it wants man and...

Speaking to an audience at the Consumer Electronics Show, the massive technology conference taking place in Las Vegas this week, the chief marketing officers for FedEx Corp (NYSE: FDX) and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (NASDAQ: WBA) shared stories about their last-mile delivery innovations as e-...

Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) will build a 175-acre hydrogen fuel cell-powered city of the future at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan, populating it with employees and their families, retirees, scientists, and researchers, the automaker said at CES 2020. Called Woven City, the undertaking will be a...

German supplier ZF Friedrichshafen will deliver a Level 4 autonomous driving system for a commercial vehicle customer by 2025, advancing the timetable for automated commercial trucking. The race to automate trucking is important because of an estimate by the American Trucking Associations (ATA)...