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Windrose Eyes U. S. Listing as It Targets Freight Market
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (240+ words) Windrose Electric is seeking a U. S. public listing as the electric truck startup looks to expand its presence in the heavy-duty freight market and compete with established manufacturers bringing battery-electric Class 8 trucks to fleets. The company is aiming to raise more…...
How Better Dispatch Decisions Can Cut Trucking Emissions
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (1541+ words) Deadhead miles have long been treated as a trucking efficiency problem. Optimal Dynamics argues they should also be treated as one of the industry's most actionable emissions reduction opportunities. Jake Dettmer, SVP of Product at Optimal Dynamics, said empty miles…...
AVI-SPL Uses Autonomous Transport to Support Freight Movement in Texas
1+ week, 6+ day ago (206+ words) act-news. com AVI-SPL Uses Autonomous Transport to Support Freight Movement in Texas Listen to this article: - AVI-SPL and Volvo Autonomous Solutions have begun commercial autonomous freight operations in Texas. - The freight operations use the Volvo VNL Autonomous powered by the…...
Volvo Autonomous Solutions Lays Out Driverless Trucking Roadmap
3+ week, 19+ hour ago (804+ words) Image: Screen capture from You Tube Volvo Autonomous Solutions is framing autonomous trucking as a fundamental shift in how freight moves, how fleets grow, and how transportation capacity is created. Speaking during Volvo Group Capital Markets Day 2026, Nils Jaeger, president…...
States Take Larger Role in Advanced Transportation Deployment
3+ week, 2+ day ago (525+ words) Image: AI-generated image created with Chat GPT In California and Texas, policymakers and regulators are advancing new oversight frameworks for autonomous vehicles as commercial deployments expand. In Connecticut and Washington, state agencies are investing in charging infrastructure to support public-sector…...
Autonomous Trucking Companies Back BUILD America 250 Act
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1133+ words) The BUILD America 250 Act is drawing support from autonomous trucking companies that see the legislation as a potential turning point for national deployment. The bill, advanced by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is a five-year surface transportation reauthorization package…...
Pepsi Co Deploys Gatik Autonomous Trucks in Regional Freight Network
3+ week, 3+ day ago (209+ words) Pepsi Co and Gatik have announced a multi-year strategic partnership to deploy autonomous freight operations in North America, bringing driverless trucks into one of the world's largest food and beverage supply chains. The agreement marks the largest commercial autonomous freight…...
BUILD America 250 Act Could Shift EV Economics and Create a Federal Pathway for Autonomous Trucking
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (535+ words) While the bill is broad in scope, these two sections could have direct implications for the economics and regulatory certainty surrounding advanced vehicle deployment. New Federal Fees Could Change the EV Cost Equation Section 1129 of the bill would establish a…...
Greenbook for Fleets Signals a New Era for Fleet Procurement
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (510+ words) By Jo Anne Golden, Bradley Northup, Eric Winterset At ACT Expo 2026, a workshop hosted in partnership with NAFA and MEMA sparked one of the event's most practical and forward-looking conversations: what would it take to create a true "Greenbook" standard…...
Westport Advances High-Pressure CNG System for Heavy-Duty Trucks
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (234+ words) Westport is advancing a high-pressure compressed natural gas fuel storage system designed to support heavy-duty trucks with diesel-like performance and efficiency. The system combines Westport's next-generation CNG fuel storage platform with Cespira's on-engine HPDI fuel system. Westport said the technology…...