Optiyol, as a transportation-focused tech company, periodically collects 5 notable news and pieces about transportation, logistics, supply chain solutions, autonomous cars, digitalization, the rise of ai, optimization, sustainability and market news.
1- Analysis: "Slow-balisation": how war, pandemic are reshaping global trade
“The damage to international commerce stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the still unvanquished COVID-19 pandemic has made governments and companies more aware they need more resilient supply chains.”
2- Record-high steel prices could hamper renewable rollout in near-term
“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has roiled the oil and gas markets, and it could soon impact the renewable energy world, too.”
3- Amazon to open Turkey site with more than $100 mln investment
“Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said on Wednesday it will set up a logistic base in Turkey to meet rising demand, with a more than $100 million investment.”
4- Amazon has been secretly testing its drone-delivery program and plans to drop packages from the sky
“Amazon this year aims to recruit 1,300 test customers to place orders through its Prime Air drone-delivery program, a sign the company is inching closer to its vision of shipping packages via autonomous aerial vehicles”
5- Waymo to Send Driverless Cars Through San Francisco
“Waymo LLC, Google’s sister company, is sending fully autonomous vehicles onto the streets of the city”
Full read below:
- https://www.reuters.com/business/slow-balisation-how-war-pandemic-are-reshaping-global-trade-2022-03-31/
- https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2022/03/28/record-high-steel-prices-could-hamper-renewable-rollout-in-near-term?utm_source=morning_brew&utm_medium=newsletter&mid=16ce725f1e8ed397724a454daf8b0fa1&
- https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-open-turkey-site-with-more-than-100-mln-investment-2022-03-23/
- https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-beta-test-drone-delivery-prime-air-california-texas-2022-3?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Business_Insider_select&pt=385758&ct=Sailthru_BI_Newsletters&mt=8&utm_campaign=Insider%20Select%202022-03-30&utm_term=INSIDER%20SELECT%20-%20ENGAGED%2C%20ACTIVE%2C%20PASSIVE%2C%20DISENGAGED%2C%20NEW
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/waymo-to-send-driverless-cars-through-san-francisco-11648648800?mod=business_lead_pos5