Canada Post brings battery-electric vehicles to Nanaimo
Canada Post has opened its first depot using battery-electric delivery vehicles in Nanaimo, B.C., deploying 14 cargo vans for local collection and delivery services. The move is part of a […]
Cummins accelerates green journey under new Accelera brand
Cummins is rebranding its new power business unit as Accelera, which will focus on technical advances across the company’s product portfolio to help reach zero emissions. Amy Davis, a 25-year […]
Low-cost, faster freight lets auto shippers hold down inventory
Supply chain disruptions during the pandemic affected many sectors of the U.S. goods economy, from the sudden demand shocks that consumer packaged goods companies faced in the spring of 2020 to rolling shortages of building materials, furniture and electronics later on. But the automotive industry was hit perhaps the hardest, and it’s not difficult to…
Lion surpasses 10M miles on electric vehicles
Lion Electric delivered 174 electric trucks and buses in the fourth quarter, generating revenue of US$46.8 million (all figures U.S.) and a net loss of $4.6 million. For the full […]
How shippers can capitalize on today’s soft logistics market
In the early days of 2023, shippers are navigating a more favorable national freight market. As last year wrapped with a gradual loosening of capacity and lower spot rates, the industry is settling into a deflationary period. Due to retail sales, manufacturing output, and imports decreasing in Q4, freight demand continued to contract across the…