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fortune. com > 04/21/2026 > exclusive-humble-freight-autonomous-truck-eclipse-trucking

Exclusive: Startup Humble debuts cabless autonomous truck targeting $900 billion U. S. freight industry

2+ hour, 33+ min ago  (646+ words) The autonomous vehicle wave has its newest entrant. Humble, a San Francisco-based startup, emerged from stealth today with a $24 million seed round and a fully electric autonomous freight vehicle called the Humble Hauler, Fortune learned exclusively. Eclipse led the round,…...

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fortune. com > 03/06/2026 > rail-safety-act-dangerous-freight-safer-than-trucks-congress-endangering-thousands

Congress is about to chase rail freight onto American roads. It risks thousands of deaths

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (253+ words) However, inclusion of the bill would be a mistake: Its proposed regulations would do little to improve rail safety but it would divert an enormous amount of freight from rail to trucks, which represents a much greater safety risk for…...

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fortune. com > 12/02/2025 > truck-schools-face-crackdown-poorly-trained-drivers-cdl

Nearly half of U. S. truck-driving schools face closure in crackdown on 'poorly trained drivers"

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (710+ words) Nearly 44% of the 16, 000 truck driving programs listed nationwide by the government may be forced to close if they lose their students after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with minimum requirements. The Transportation…...

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fortune. com > 12/24/2025 > tariffs-complex-make-trade-boring-again-cheese-imports

53-year-old customs broker wants to "Make Trade Boring Again," saying you won"t believe how complex cheese is these days

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (955+ words) After a half-century immersed in the world of trade, customs broker Amy Magnus thought she'd seen it all, navigating mountains of regulations and all sorts of logistical hurdles to import everything from lumber and bananas to circus animals and Egyptian…...