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...If the costs do not come down enough, then solid-state batteries could end up being limited to luxury cars or trucking....
...performance gains in solid-state cells “will open up other application spaces that we probably can’t even predict from where we sit today”, suggesting next-generation batteries could power long-distance trucking...
...(Harry Dempsey) Data Drill The EU will enforce another round of sanctions next week against Russia....
...In recent years, Europe’s reliance on Russia for the diesel supplies used by trucking groups, car owners and manufacturers has been steadily rising....
...Maersk, the Danish shipping company, warned in late March that the city’s lockdown measures would reduce trucking services in and out of Shanghai by 30 per cent....
...Last week, Clipper received a near £1bn formal takeover bid from GXO, which was spun out of a large US trucking company last year, valuing the Leeds-based group at 13.6 times its forecasted 2022 earnings...
...Luis Gomez, president of Europe at XPO Logistics, one of the world’s biggest trucking companies, said the situation could put further strains on the haulage sector in Europe but would probably have less...
...Additional reporting by Harry Dempsey and Olaf Storbeck...
...GXO was spun-off from trucking group XPO Logistics last year in order to focus on warehousing and picking, packing and distributing goods for big brand names such as Nestlé, Apple and Nike....
...“We have more feedback telling us how deep a crisis inland logistics [trucking and ports] is facing.”...
...Although US president Joe Biden has been pushing rail freight companies, trucking groups and ports to increase their own capacity and productivity to meet rising demand, Nixon said that the US was an area...
...“It’s really gumming up the works,” said Schrap, head of the Harbor Trucking Association. “Because we can’t pick up these chassis, we’re actually sending guys home.”...
...The problem is so severe that US president Joe Biden has been pushing rail freight companies, trucking groups and ports to increase their capacity....
...Aliaksandr Matsiash, a Belarusian exile, joined Lithuanian trucking group Baltic Transline in May....
...Edwin Atema, who works on trucking labour rights at the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions, said the amendments were an encouraging development but enforcement and pay rises were needed to stop poor labour...
...The statistics underline how Irish importers and exporters have refigured their supply chains at the expense of Welsh ports such as Holyhead and Fishguard and trucking groups that operate in the UK....
...“You can’t blame the freight forwarders or the trucking companies or the shipping lines. Even small changes in demand can have a huge impact further down the supply chain.”...
...Additional reporting by Harry Dempsey...
...Nikola, which in June went public through a special-purpose acquisition vehicle that avoids some of the scrutiny of a traditional initial public offering, has promised to “revolutionise” trucking and battery...
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