Articles about Trucking

How AI is being used to boost efficiency and security at truck terminal gates

Outpost, the Austin-based operator of truck terminals across the U.S., announced Thursday that it’s rolling out a gate automation platform… Read More

Freight fintech startup Outgo raises $15M to help trucking carriers access cash quickly

Outgo, a Seattle-based startup that sells banking services to freight carriers, revealed that it raised $15 million in an investment… Read More

Amazon rolls out fleet of heavy-duty electric trucks to decarbonize more of its transportation network

Amazon is bulking up its fleet of electric vehicles beyond the delivery vans that many customers are accustomed to seeing… Read More

First Mode diesel-electric hybrid vehicle undergoing test drive

First Mode reduces workforce as it revises its vision for lower-emission heavy trucks

Editor’s note: This story and GeekWire’s Layoff Tracker were updated to reflect that 42 U.S.-based employees were laid off. Seattle-based… Read More

In it for the long haul: These clean energy trucks are driving toward zero emissions

From a Tacoma, Wash., parking lot on Tuesday, the constant roar of big trucks could be heard passing on the… Read More

Trucking marketplace Convoy makes more layoffs, citing customer-service efficiency gains

Seattle-based trucking marketplace Convoy has conducted another round of layoffs, its fourth in the past year, the company confirmed to… Read More

Another logistics startup emerges in Seattle: Convoy vets land $2.4M to tackle trucking analytics

New funding: Seattle-area trucking analytics startup GoodShip raised $2.4 million in a round led by Fuse, with participation from Cercano… Read More

Startup funding cooldown: Here are the stats for Seattle and the Pacific NW for the first half of 2022

Tech startups in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest raised less than $4 billion in funding in the first half of… Read More

Convoy co-founder rides shotgun with truckers for better view of how company’s tech can help

Grant Goodale left Seattle to find out just how rough a road it is these days for American truck drivers.… Read More

Convoy freight report for 2020 shows how effects of pandemic rippled through trucking industry

As COVID-19 sent a wave of shock through consumer habits in the early weeks of the pandemic, the effects also… Read More

Convoy rival Uber Freight raises $500M, valuing trucking logistics business at $3.3B

Uber Freight, the trucking logistics arm of Uber, today announced a $500 million investment led by Greenbriar that values the… Read More

Convoy leans on its technology as Seattle digital freight startup navigates volatile trucking industry

Convoy saw record activity last month on its digital freight network as the COVID-19 outbreak spread and shipper demand soared… Read More

Lawsuit claims Amazon and freight partner worked truck driver ‘into the ground,’ causing him to crash

A truck driver sued Amazon and one of its freight partners, alleging the companies “worked (him) into the ground,” for… Read More

Convoy’s latest digital trucking breakthrough is 100% automation of the load pricing process

Convoy has reached another milestone on the long road toward complete automation of the trucking industry’s brokering process. The Seattle-based… Read More

Q&A: In it for the long haul? Uber Freight exec talks trucking and driving the industry into digital era

On Sept. 15, a truck left from Houston carrying a food-and-beverage industry haul to Roanoke, Texas, outside of Dallas. The… Read More

Trucking startup Convoy reaches $1B valuation after huge $185M investment led by Google VC arm

After serving 14 years for the Royal Canadian Navy, Ira Lawrence was ready for a new adventure. He and his… Read More

Amazon launches Relay app to help truckers get into and out of its warehouses faster

Amazon is looking to speed up the process for trucks to get in and out of its massive warehouses with… Read More

Convoy inks deal with Anheuser-Busch as trucking startup expands national footprint

Seattle-based trucking startup Convoy today announced a multi-year strategic partnership deal with Anheuser-Busch to help the brewing giant move its… Read More

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Week in Geek podcast: From truck stops to elite dating, what’s next in technology

GeekWire reporters explored the frontiers of technology in some unusual locations this week — visiting a truck stop in North… Read More

Drones vs. trucks: UW study compares carbon footprints for delivery methods

Delivering items with drones instead of trucks is likely to reduce carbon dioxide emissions for short-range trips, or on routes with… Read More

Elon Musk keeps on truckin’: Tesla to unveil Semi in September, pickup by 2019

Getting the Tesla Model 3 electric car on the road clearly isn’t enough to occupy Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO… Read More

Working Geek: How Convoy CTO Grant Goodale gets his best ideas

A few years ago, Convoy co-founder and CTO Grant Goodale took up running after a close friend suffered a coronary… Read More

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Q&A: Convoy CEO Dan Lewis on lessons learned from Amazon, and disrupting the trucking industry

In a little more than a year, on-demand trucking startup Convoy has raised nearly $19 million from a high-profile group of investors.… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Football robots, giant piles of tech cash, the ‘Uber of Trucking,’ and Chewbacca trivia

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: An NFL team has begun practicing against robots; how Zillow missed its Zestimate,… Read More

Amazon buys thousands of truck trailers in latest move to take shipping into its own hands

Amazon purchased thousands of truck trailers to ship merchandise between distribution facilities, the company announced Friday. The move isn’t completely… Read More