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Locomation partners with Transport Research Centre to conduct driverless truck testing

Locomation, the world’s first trucking technology platform to offer human-guided autonomous convoying, has agreed to conduct research project with the Transportation Research Center, a testing, research, and innovation center for the automotive industry located in East Liberty, Ohio. Locomation will actively test at TRC to advance its autonomous truck platforms alongside TRC’s extensive research and development …

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QSR Awards Bluedot Applied Tech Winner

PV News / By Gaston Eguren

Applied Tech Award: Geofencing for Frictionless Drive-Thru Powered by Bluedot’s geofencing technology, Dunkin’ now offers a frictionless drive-thru experience where customers place a mobile order from anywhere and then proceed straight to the drive-thru pickup window. Customers no longer need to stop at the speaker box or manually check-in. With our technology, Dunkin’ can identify …

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Expanding our Long-Haul Truck Solution with Hino Trucks

PV News / By Gaston Eguren

Given the recent regulation wins in California and the explosion of e-commerce demands due to the pandemic, “going electric” has never made more sense. When we launched Xos Trucks, our flagship prototype was the ET-One, a fully electric Class 8 truck for heavy-duty applications. Today, we are excited to announce we’re partnering with Hino Trucks to manufacture fully-electric Class …

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Wilson Logistics will put Locomation’s autonomous driving tech in 1,000 trucks

PV News / By Gaston Eguren

Autonomous trucking company Locomation today announced that Wilson Logistics has agreed to equip 1,120 of its trucks with Locomation’s platooning technology, with the first units to be delivered in 2022. Along with the purchase order, the two companies have extended their commercial partnership through at least the end of 2028. Some experts predict the coronavirus outbreak will hasten …

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Proeza Ventures the venture-capital Arm of Mexican industrial conglomerate Grupo Proeza

PV News / By Gaston Eguren

“Proeza Ventures, the venture-capital arm of Mexican industrial conglomerate Grupo Proeza, is in advanced talks to invest in a local mobile payment enabler, Managing Director Rodolfo Dieck said. The Monterrey-based VC firm expects to close the deal later this month, said the executive. The target specializes in digital data services for the mobility sector, he …

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Parkimovil cierra ronda de inversión y prepara su expansión a Latinoamérica

PV News / By Gaston Eguren

¿Qué caracteriza a un Emprendedor Endeavor? ¿Qué hay dentro de su mente? Quienes pertenecen a esta red empresarial saben detectar oportunidades actuales y futuras y transformarlas en negocios rentables, escalables y de impacto. Carlos Anaya forma parte de esta comunidad desde 2013. Él no solo posee esa visión; tiene lentes de aumento que afinan mucho más su perspectiva. …

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Electric Truck Startup Xos Raises $20 Million To Scale Production

PV News / By Gaston Eguren

A newly adopted landmark ruling requires more than half of all commercial trucks sold in California to be zero-emissions by 2035. Xos is one of the many startups building electric vehicles that could help companies meet that target. Xos, formerly Thor Trucks, has developed a skateboard chassis for fully-electric Class 6 trucks. Class 6 trucks …

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Logistics startup Forager secures more investors

PV News / By Gaston Eguren

Forager, a Chicago-based freight tech startup firm, recently snagged three new investors as the company continues to grow. Proeza Ventures, Industrious Ventures and Purple Arch Ventures have been added to Forager’s Series A round of financing, which initially closed in March and is now oversubscribed at $10.5 million. The funding will allow Forager to continue to …

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Parkimóvil cierra inversión, para crecer en las principales zonas metropolitanas de México e iniciar su expansión a otros países de Latinoamérica

PV News / By Gaston Eguren

Parkimóvil se enorgullece de haber cerrado una ronda de inversión, la cual le permitirá expandir su modelo de negocio a otras zonas metropolitanas de México y de otros países en Latinoamérica. Parkimóvil, es una plataforma de movilidad integral, que administra y procesa interacciones y pagos, en distintos nodos de movilidad. Entre las principales soluciones de …

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Xos Trucks Raises $20M to put more of its Electric Commercial Trucks on the Road

PV News / By Gaston Eguren

Commercial electric vehicle startup Xos Trucks has raised $20 million, funding it will use to ramp up production ahead of potential new demand fueled by a landmark emissions rule adopted by California that will require more than half of all trucks sold in the state to be zero-emissions by 2035. The startup, which was formerly …

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