Category: shipping

Volvo Trucks’ autonomous vehicle is hauling goods in Sweden

Post author By Randall
Post date June 14, 2019
Categories In autonomous, autonomous truck, gear, gothenburg, green, logistics, shipping, sustainability, sweden, Tech, tomorrow, transport, Transportation, trucking, trucks, vera, Volvo

[ad_1] Ultimately, Volvo hopes to have several autonomous vehicles traveling back and forth at once. They’ll be monitored by a control tower and max out at 40 km/h. While Vera is suited for short distances, it will be able to transport large volumes, and Volvo hopes it will offer greater efficiency, flexibility and sustainability. “Autonomous […]

FedEx drops Amazon (at least for Express shipments in the US)

Post author By Randall
Post date June 7, 2019
Categories In Amazon, business, contract, deliveries, Delivery, ecommerce, fedex, gear, online shopping, shipping, Tech

[ad_1] As FedEx told its investors, only 1.3 percent of its 2018 revenue came from Amazon. It says it’s prepared to serve “thousands” of retailers in the e-commerce space, which it expects to grow from 50 million packages to 100 million packages per day in the US by 2026. “We are excited about the future […]

Meal kits might be better for the planet than a trip to the store

Post author By Randall
Post date April 22, 2019
Categories In blue apron, carbon dioxide, Delivery, emissions, food and drink, food waste, food-and-drink, foodanddrink, gear, green, hellofresh, last mile, meal delivery, meal kits, packaging, shipping, study, Tech, tomorrow, Transportation, university of michigan

[ad_1] The difference is in the amount of food waste meal kits prevent. While grocery store meals have less packaging per meal, more food has to be purchased and that leads to higher household food waste. It turns out all the cardboard and plastic wrap involved isn’t as bad for the environment as the extra […]