self-driving truck

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...

Autonomous vehicle manufacturer Arrival (NASDAQ: ARVL) announced on Monday a successful test run of its automated driving system (ADS) at a fully functioning parcel facility. It's the first time one of its Arrival Vans has driven around a facility without a driver in tow, performing all daily...

Trevor Milton, founder and former chairman of Nikola Corp., was handed down three federal fraud charges Thursday morning for his alleged involvement in misleading investors and retailers about Nikola's true equipment capabilities.  On this episode of Freightonomics, Zach Strickland and Anthony...

A merger more than five years in the making will finally be consummated Thursday when Navistar International Corp. becomes part of Volkswagen AG's TRATON SE truck holding company. As the ownership changes, Navistar is expected to keep its name and executive structure, albeit  reporting to TRATON...

Einride, a Swedish-based remote operated autonomous trucking and transportation company, announced today that they will be hiring their first remote drivers in Sweden in March 2020 and in the U.S. in the third quarter of 2020. "We are very glad to hire someone that will be taking the jobs of the...