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Tech update: Wireless charging coming to trailer trackers
 
Wireless charging for trailer trackers could be an ideal solution for the problem of misplaced trailers at distribution centers. Also: Smart forecasts for freight visibility; AI for fleet safety; 3G deadline approaches.
 
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Load boards push to automate load tracking for carriers, brokers
 
These companies are working to make shipment visibility a painless automatic process, because the "last thing [drivers] need is another mobile app.”
 
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Can fleets escape the ‘last stronghold of dirty trucking’?
 
“Backdoor mafia deals are going on there, I’m sure," T.J. Hunt, senior operations manager of Navajo Express, said of the inconsistencies with lumper fees.
 
 
 
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Top fleet bets big on multi-year platooning test
 
PGT Trucking will test out a two truck convoy with an autonomous truck trailing a manned one. Also: ATA forms new climate-focused advisory committee; Volvo breaks ground on new vehicle testing lab; more.
 
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Three ways digital freight matching can cut costs, emissions
 
Using only basic, freely available data, shippers and carriers can boost operational efficiency and driver quality of life while cutting emissions and costs.
 
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J.B. Hunt partnering with Waymo on self-driving deliveries in Texas
 
The self-driving run through the Lone Star State will be J.B. Hunt's first opportunity to collect data and feedback on customer freight moved with a Class 8 tractor operating at this level of autonomy.
 
 
 
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