Posts Tagged ‘Trucks’
UPS buys hundreds of robots to unload trucks in automation push
[SEATTLE] United Parcel Service (UPS) will invest US$120 million in 400 robots used to unload trucks, according to sources familiar with the matter, revealing new details on the logistics giant’s US$9 billion automation plan that aims to boost profits by decreasing labour costs. Unloading trucks and shipping containers at warehouse docks is mostly done by…
Read MoreTrump Announces 25% Tariff On Imported Heavy Trucks From November 1
AFP US President Donald Trump has announced that a 25% tariff will be imposed on all imported medium- and heavy-duty trucks starting Nov. 1. The decision marks a delay from the earlier plan to begin the tariff on Oct. 1, which passed without any official order from the White House. The new tariff is aimed…
Read MoreRussia Using American Trucks to Launch Deadly Kamikaze Drone Strikes on Ukraine Cities: Report
Russia is reportedly equipping American-made trucks to launch deadly kamikaze drone strikes on Ukrainian cities, according to a new report. A modified Ram 1500 pickup truck could be seen in a July 20 video by Zvezda, a state TV channel controlled by the country’s defense ministry, firing kamikaze drones, according to the Kyiv Independent. Four…
Read MoreTaiwan’s Garbage Trucks Offer Classical Music And A Catch-up
Taiwanese residents holding plastic bags of rubbish stand on a footpath as a yellow garbage truck playing classical music over a loudspeaker pulls up. For decades, the tinkling of Beethoven’s “Fur Elise” or Tekla Badarzewska-Baranowska’s “Maiden’s Prayer” has alerted Taiwanese households to take out their garbage. Like clockwork, residents emerge from their apartment buildings carrying…
Read MoreDid Iran Shift Its Uranium Stockpile Before Attack? Satellite Images Show Trucks Near Fordow Nuclear Site Ahead of US Airstrike
Satellite images that emerged on Monday morning appear to show dozens of trucks gathered at Iran’s Fordow nuclear site just days ahead of the U.S.’s major airstrikes, fueling speculation that Tehran may have shifted its uranium stockpiles before the attack. The images, provided by American defense contractor Maxar Technologies, showed more than a dozen cargo…
Read MoreICE Agents in Unmarked Trucks Ram Into Car With Children in the Backseat to Arrest Los Angeles Man
Federal agents rammed into a car carrying two young children in Los Angeles while arresting a man accused of assaulting a Customs and Border Protection officer, sparking outrage from community members who witnessed the scene. The incident took place Wednesday just before 11 a.m. in Boyle Heights when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents used…
Read MoreElectric trucks are the latest threat to oil demand in China
MORE and more Chinese trucks are being powered by batteries, another sign that oil-based fuels are getting shoved to the sidelines in an increasingly electrified economy. Government incentives are boosting sales of electric trucks in a sector that has traditionally run on diesel, a fuel that makes up over a quarter of Chinese oil demand.…
Read MoreUN Chief Says Gaza War In ‘Cruelest Phase’ As Aid Trucks Looted
The United Nations chief said Friday that Palestinians were enduring “the cruelest phase” of the war in Gaza, where more than a dozen food trucks were looted following the partial easing of a lengthy Israeli blockade. Aid was just beginning to trickle back into the war-torn territory after Israel announced it would allow limited shipments…
Read MoreTexans Warily Eye Impact Of Trump’s Tariffs On Their Beloved Trucks
Fearing that US President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on imported cars and auto parts could spark “paranoia” among buyers and drive up prices, Arthur Bibbs has decided to go ahead and buy a secondhand truck now. “I lost my truck in a storm, and I wanted to buy a vehicle as soon as possible…
Read MoreAmazon Orders 200 Mercedes-Benz Electric Trucks
The eActros 600 can travel about 500 kilometres (310 miles) on a single charge AFP Online retailer Amazon has purchased 202 electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 vehicles from Germany’s Daimler Truck, the automaker said Tuesday, marking both firms’ largest-ever order for battery-powered lorries. Heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) are responsible for six percent of EU greenhouse gas emissions,…
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