Mass layoffs reported after autonomous trucks startup Starsky Robotics fails to find investors
Story by: Clarissa Hawes at FreightWaves Autonomous trucking startup Starsky Robotics has laid off the majority of its engineers and office personnel after its fundraising efforts and attempts to find a buyer failed, a former executive says. A skeleton crew remains at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco as Starsky co-founders Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, chief […]
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Veteran driver switched his diesel truck for the electric one and he likes it
Story by: Alan Adler at FreightWaves Over two decades and 2 million miles, Karl Williams has driven practically every diesel-powered truck brand on the road. Now behind the wheel of an electric truck, he relishes keeping his place in stop-and-go traffic and misses neither the engine clatter nor the smell of diesel fuel. “I […]
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Tennessee trucking company closes after nearly 70 years
Story by: Clarissa Hawes and FreightWaves Family-owned Howard Baer Inc. of Nashville, Tennessee, ceased operations Jan. 31, citing government regulations, the ongoing struggle to find qualified drivers and soaring insurance costs as the main reasons behind the company’s decision to close after 69 years. Owner Greg Baer told FreightWaves he made the decision to […]
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Waiting on the Tesla Electric Semi Truck
Story by: Linda Baker, Staff Writer at FreightWaves Tesla (TSLA) plans to put “limited volumes” of its heavy-duty truck on the road in 2020, CEO Elon Musk said during the company’s earnings call last week, but faster production requires a massive ramping up in battery power. “That’s part of the reason why we have […]
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Major winter storm developing in the Rockies
Story by: Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior Meteorologist at FreightWaves Another winter storm is about to slam the Rockies mountains of the Western U.S. just a few days after dumping record snowfall in Utah. On Monday, Salt Lake City received a daily record 8.6 inches of snowfall, breaking the old record […]
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Federally funded autonomous electric shuttles show up in Ohio
Story by: Vishnu Rajamanickam at FreigtWaves Linden LEAP, an autonomous electric shuttle funded by the federal government, is taking to the streets of Columbus, Ohio, providing residents in the South Linden neighborhood of the city access to the rest of Columbus. Data collected during this project will be analyzed to make services incrementally better, […]
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WEX identifies cause of fuel card problems: Too much data
Story by: Brian Straight at FreightWaves In a statement to customers this afternoon, WEX (NYSE: WEX) said issues with its fuel cards, including its EFS and FleetOne cards, were due to an unknown data limit issue within its IBM Informix system. The company sent the following message to its customers this afternoon: “Last night […]
Learn MoreEFS fuel cards suffer outage, drivers unable to pay for fuel
Story by: Brian Straight at FreightWaves A systems failure with EFS fuel cards has led to truck drivers unable to fuel their vehicles in various locations, according to multiple reports. Social media users first identified the problem early Wednesday morning, and since then media reports indicate that WEX, the parent company of EFS, has confirmed the issue. […]
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Cold Carriers is shutting down despite Chapter 11 reorganization efforts
Story by: Clarissa Hawes at FreightWaves Despite its efforts to reorganize, Cold Carriers Logistics and its entities will cease operations on Feb. 21 after failing to secure a new buyer, according to a source familiar with the bankruptcy case. Private equity firm KJM Capital Transportation Fund LLC, which owns Cold Carriers Logistics and six other […]
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