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DHL Group is making some interesting moves in its efforts to decarbonize its operations, deploying mail-carrying robots in Germany, flying delivery drones in Tanzania and lining up all-electric cargo planes for the US. Its latest steps mightn’t be its … Continue reading DHL lines up 2,000 electric Transit cargo vans from Ford
Amazon has lofty and long-held ambitions when it comes to drone deliveries, and over the years we’ve seen that translate into continual tinkering with the vehicles that will carry them out. The company has today offered a glimpse of its latest Prime Ai… Continue reading Amazon says its new delivery drone will fly through light rain
Back in January, REE Automotive began testing a new electric vehicle chassis for trucks and buses dubbed the P7. Now the company has teamed up with JB Poindexter’s EAVX and Morgan Olson to begin live demonstrations and customer evaluations of a new wal… Continue reading REE begins live demos of electric delivery van built on its modular chassis
Drones, driverless trucks and zippy little cargo pods could all feature as part of Walmart’s future delivery services, and a new agreement with EV outfit Canoo brings another next-gen vehicle into the mix. The retailer has committed to buying thousands… Continue reading Walmart eyes an electric future in Canoo’s Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle
From drones, to electric rickshaws, to bi-directional autonomous transport pods, Amazon is exploring a number of avenues in its bid to reduce its sizable carbon footprint. Part of this means tackling emissions associated with last-mile deliveries in ur… Continue reading Amazon’s e-cargo bikes and walkers to eat into London carbon footprint
For as popular as they became during the COVID-19 lockdowns, grocery delivery services like InstaCart rely on a basic assumption to work: that customers know exactly what they want when …read more Continue reading Automate the Freight: The Convenience Store That Comes to Your Door
Many of us will be familiar with package deliveries by truck, some may get their hot meals delivered by cargo bike and a few might even have had meds arrive by drone. Now Renault has combined all three for the E-Tech Master OptiModale concept.Continue … Continue reading Renault goes for the last-mile triple with OptiModale delivery concept
Back in January, Elroy Air showed off a pre-production version of an autonomous cargo drone capable of carrying 500-lb (227-kg) loads over 300 miles (482 km), and we’ve now learned FedEx plans to soon put these capabilities to the test. It has teamed u… Continue reading FedEx explores aerial shipments using Elroy Air’s heavy-lift cargo drone
Eugene-based electric mobility company Arcimoto has teamed up with Silicon Valley autonomous driving startup Faction Technology to transform its three-wheeled electric Fun Utility Vehicle into a “driverless” pod for last-mile deliveries.Continue Readin… Continue reading Arcimoto trials driverless delivery pod based on three-wheeled electric FUV
We first became aware of the little delivery bot back in 2018, after Nuro got a healthy Series A funding bump to develop the autonomous pod. The second prototype was unveiled the following year and the company has been trundling towards deployment ever… Continue reading Nuro’s 3rd-gen autonomous delivery pod will have external pedestrian airbags