Trucking fleets, railroads and shipping lines are rerouting cargo and setting up alternate supply lines as Tropical Storm Harvey promises to disrupt freight traffic across southeast Texas for days. Seaports in Houston and Corpus Christi have been closed to most ships since before Harvey made landfall Friday, and rising waters from days of heavy rains and
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Toyota invests in ride-sharing app Grab
Toyota Tsusho Corporation, the sole general trading company of Toyota Group, has invested in Grab in its current financing round and is expected to raise $2.5 billion. This investment was made through its Next Technology Fund and is the latest participant in Grab’s current financing round, led by SoftBank and
Uber Announces Plan To Quit Tracking Riders After Drop-Off
How a Danish startup is using math to cut airport wait times in half
(Business Insider) - Danish startup Copenhagen Optimization has become the go-to for making airports run more smoothly. Like they did at Geneva Airport in Switzerland, where the average waiting time was reduced by more than 50%. "It's all about numbers," says Anders Dohn, Managing Partner and co-founder at Copenhagen Optimization. "At the core, we have a
Uber Gets Deal-Maker, Trump Agitator as CEO
Dara Khosrowshahi will take over as chief of ride-hail company Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Immelt were finalists for the job (Bloomberg) - Uber Technologies Inc. will appoint Expedia Inc.’s Dara Khosrowshahi to run the global ride-hailing Leviathan, two people familiar with the matter said. He’ll succeed co-founder Travis Kalanick, who led the
Iceland Gets A Drone Delivery Service
Consumers Yet to be Convinced on the Safety of Self Driving Cars
Even as carmakers and tech companies make bold plans for an imminent autonomous future, consumers are greeting the notion of self-driving cars with trepidation. High levels of apprehension have been documented among prospective riders in recent years, and two recently released studies further underscore the uphill climb faced by companies
Semi-automated truck convoys get green light for UK trials
The Government has committed £8.1m to finance trials of semi-autonomous "platooning" lorries. Under the scheme, a "platoon leader" driving a heavy goods vehicle will head a small convoy, with the following tracks, or "drones", being piloted by computers. The trucks drive closely behind one another and are linked electronically, communicating via
Robot Ship Experimenting to Disrupt the Global Shipping Industry
Japanese container line to conduct trans-Pacific test in 2019 Japan is aiming to set global standards for automated ships (Bloomberg) - Japan’s largest container line plans to test a remote-controlled vessel across the Pacific Ocean in 2019 as it pursues fully autonomous technology that could disrupt the global shipping industry. Nippon