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Partners in Performance: transitioning commercial fleets to EV crucial to national uptake

AU Manufacturing

In addition to pledging that its fleet purchases and leases will be 75 per cent electric by 2025, the Labor government also introduced the Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) and salary sacrifice. The post Partners in Performance: transitioning commercial fleets to EV crucial to national uptake appeared first on Australian Manufacturing.

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Another Turn of the Wheel: Test Runs of Class 8 Autonomous Truck Fleets to Begin on Public Roads in the US

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Autonomous trucks have long been seen as the solution to overburdened road freight networks and inefficient logistics chains. Our forecasts indicate that Level 4 autonomous trucks – if commercialized as anticipated by 2024-2025 – have the potential to transport about ~22% of the annual freight tonnage in the US by 2040.

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Guiding change: a look at electric power steering

SMMT

Built to the highest automotive safety integrity level, available in 24V and 48V variants and supporting outputs up to 8,000 Nm, the modular EPS has a scalable design, meeting a range of packaging requirements and applicable to all powertrain concepts. Bosch has developed EPS variants that meet the requirements for light commercial vehicles.

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The convergence of edge computing and 5G

Control Engineering

Learn about edge computing use cases in health care, automotive, manufacturing, asset management and retail. There are several existing edge uses cases that are expected to improve with a higher rollout of 5G in industries including health care, automotive, manufacturing, asset management and retail.

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Will autotech ventures race east in 2024?

Robotics Business Review

By 2025, car ownership would join buggy whips as a symbol of transportation lore, he said. They included Embark (a loss of $300 million), Uber Freight (a loss of $680 million), TuSimple (a loss of $775 million), and even Alphabet’s Waymo Via (losses undisclosed). Zimmer was not alone in this belief.

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Most resins saw prices drop in December

Plastics News

Strong seasonal demand for bottled water and other beverages played a role in earlier PET price increases, as well as a lack of new capacity and freight and logistics challenges. The automotive sector is a big end market for many engineering resins. In the first quarter [of 2023], they'll be buying again at lower prices."

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The Benefits of a Smart Connected Commerce for MSMEs in APAC

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

With the shift in consumer behavior and sharp rise in online shopping, cross-border purchases will gain prominence between 2022 and 2025,” said Salil Chari , Senior Vice President of Marketing & Customer Experience, FedEx Express AMEA (Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa).