Despite the hype surrounding the Tesla Semi truck, the future for electric vehicles in the transportation and logistics industry seems to be coming sooner and on a larger scale for fleets serving the last mile. Case in point: Amazon’s order for 100,000 customized electric delivery vehicles produced by Rivian. 

“It just makes so much sense for an electric vehicle with that stop-and-go application and that high idle time, inner-city traffic kind of environments,” said Chris Nordh, senior director of Advanced Vehicle Technology and Energy Products for Fleet Management Solutions at Ryder System. He is joined by  Bob Stojanovic of ABB.

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On today's Midday Market Update presented by Amazon Freight, Kevin Hill and Michael Vincent talk about the SONAR-powered data, issues and news that moves you.

They’re joined by Mark Yeager, CEO, Redwood Logistics; Richard Sharpe, CEO, Competitive Insights and FreightWaves market experts Anthony Smith, Andrew Cox, with Nick Austin on weather.

This is a live interactive event, viewers are encouraged to comment during broadcasts every Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12PM ET on FreightWaves’ Linkedin and Facebook channels.

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Andrew and Kevin discuss Ted Weschler, Berkshire money manager and his move to purchase $45mm of Dillard's stock. Then, we break down the upcoming clean energy SPACs.

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In this episode of Fuller Speed Ahead, FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller sits down with the wonder of Candor Expedite, Nicole Glenn.

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The coronavirus pandemic forced many companies to adapt the way they manufactured and packaged their products, as well as how they shipped them to their final destination, according to Karen Tyndall, GlobalTranz Inc.’s director of customer solutions.

“What we found was that [customers] were buying online and ultimately making those purchases from their living room,” Tyndall said. “The unique challenge to final mile is that when you have the challenge of getting products into a customer’s hand safely, and also in a timely manner, many companies that were not prepared or aligned with providers to even facilitate that service were scrambling to buy capacity within the market.”

FreightWaves Market Expert and analyst Zach Strickland talked with Tyndall during a virtual Fireside Chat, “B2B vs. B2C Last Mile Strategies,” during the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit

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On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking to Uber Freight’s Bill Driegert who plays a drum solo, the five worst weather states for trucking, the CEO perspective from SmartHop's Guillermo Garcia on building a company, and CRST International's Hugh Ekberg on the potential impacts of a driver shortage.

Plus, Bad News/Good News concerning this week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index, broker transparency, and the NFL’s COVID quandary.

They’re joined by special guests Driegert, head of operations and co-founder, Uber Freight; Ekberg, president and CEO, CRST International; Garcia, co-founder and CEO at SmartHop.

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An XPO Logistics (NYSE: XPO) executive forecast Thursday that XPO might need an additional 25-30% of delivery capacity during this fall’s strong peak season.

“We want to go into this peak period and really prove that we’re ready for the Super Bowl and ready to do this,” XPO Last Mile President Erik Caldwell told FreightWaves President George Abernathy during the keynote event, “How Changes in Consumer Demand Are Reshaping the Last Mile,” as part of Thursday’s virtual FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit.

That additional 25-30% of additional delivery capacity would be on top of what XPO was running this summer, Caldwell said, noting that the company’s summer volumes were even higher than what was delivered during the 2019 peak season. 

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Zach Strickland and JP Hampstead talk about what's happening with freight volumes and rates over the last week.

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