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Amazon rolls out fleet of heavy-duty electric trucks to decarbonize more of its transportation network

GeekWire

Amazon has electric trucks on the road at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, for use in transporting containers to an Amazon facility in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. Amazon’s carbon emissions increased between 2019 and 2021, before dropping for the first time in 2022. An Amazon electric trucks is charged at the Port of Los Angeles.

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Citing fires, London’s transport agency bans e-scooters on public transit network

The Verge

E-scooters have been banned on London’s transport network after several fires. Transport for London announced a ban on all e-scooters on its network, effective December 13th, over safety concerns following recent fires. The ban will apply to all public transport in London, including underground trains and buses.

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Decoding China’s Central Bank Digital Currency

Forrester IT

With further rollouts in 2021/2022, we expect to see this digital currency significantly impact a variety of B2C and B2B industries across financial services, retail, transportation, and entertainment. In fact, the digital yuan […].

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The Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack Is A (Another) Call For Zero Trust And Resilience In Industrial Companies

Forrester IT

On Friday, May 7, 2021, Colonial Pipeline safely shut down its pipeline operations due to a ransomware incident in their corporate network. Colonial Pipeline transports 45 percent of the fuel along the East Coast of the United States through 5,500 miles of pipeline.

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Oracle Cloud SCM gets new capabilities to help manage logistics

CIO Business Intelligence

The new features appear in its Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle Global Trade Management applications, and include expanded business intelligence capabilities, enhanced logistics network modelling, a new trade incentive program, and an updated Transportation Management Mobile application. billion in 2021.

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Transform 2021: Manufacturing’s key themes

Venture Beast

Join manufacturing leaders at Transform 2021, the industry’s premier AI digital event, hosted July 12-16. Read More.

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Elon Musk’s Vegas loop won’t transport as many people as promised

The Verge

The Boring Company was scheduled to have completed the system by October 1st, according to the documents, a date that would have had the Loop up and running ahead of the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show — though that conference will now be online-only. The Loop is also behind schedule.