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Xwing and U.S. Air Force demonstrate fully autonomous cargo aircraft

Robotics Business Review

has demonstrated fixed-wing cargo-carrying capability in a point-to-point flight between two airbases using a specially modified Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. In air freight alone, just under 16 million metric tons of cargo was flown worldwide in 2023. For many airlines, cargo represents up to one-third of revenue.

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Burgeoning Freight and Logistics Demands to Fuel Recovery of China’s Commercial Truck Industry

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

in 2020 to 28.2% Road transport is central to China’s freight and logistics services. Accordingly, commercial truck operators will need to embrace productivity and performance enhancing digital tools, such as digital freight brokerage. even as its share of the overall market contracted from 40.7%

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Hydrogen, EVs may both be winners in new energy future

Plastics News

Because of weight differences, a fuel-cell truck on a 350-mile run can carry about 38,000 pounds of cargo compared with 33,000 pounds for a battery electric truck, according to Michael Roeth, executive director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency. Neither automaker has lost its appetite for hydrogen.

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Nature-inspired tech to move transport towards net-zero

E&T

million in 2020 to 11.2 Over the years, the team has worked with haulage companies, offshore operators, logistics specialists and port authorities to create software systems that help to plan and manage complex freight logistic networks. Deloitte forecasts their numbers will grow from 2.5 million in 2025 and 31.1 million by 2030.

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India’s EV Revolution: E2W and E3W show the way

Dinesh Mishra

Global EV sales grew 38 percent in 2020, and then more than doubled the following year. which are 15% to 30% lower even at the landed cost (including freight and duties). Even before the launch of the ZS EV in 2020, the brand introduced a 5-way charging ecosystem to enhance customer confidence towards EV adoption.