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January 6, 2026

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Amazon, Aumovio Team Up to Boost Autonomous Truck Deployment

Aumovio and Amazon Web Services are using generative artificial intelligence to enhance the development process for autonomous vehicles, starting with Aurora’s self-driving trucks. Read more…

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M: THIS WEEK | T: SAFETY | W: GOVERNMENT | T: AUTONOMOUS | F: LOGISTICS

Bosch, Kodiak Partner to Scale Self-Driving Trucks

The partnership, announced during CES, is aimed at accelerating Kodiak’s ability to scale its self-driving technology. The platform will combine hardware, firmware and software. Read more…

Hyundai Showcases Humanoid Robot for Work in Car Factories

Hyundai’s Boston Dynamics unit unveiled the latest iteration of a humanoid robot designed to work in the carmaker’s manufacturing plants starting in 2028, including at its factory in Georgia. Read more…

AI Takes the Spotlight Again at CES

The multiday CES event kicked off Jan. 6 in Las Vegas, where advances across industries like robotics, health care, vehicles, wearables, gaming and more are set to be on display. Read more…

THIS WEEK’S CARTOON: "This Thing’s Strapped In. You’d Better Buckle Up Too!"

Automakers Face an ‘EV Winter’ in 2026 as Sales Growth Slows

Growth in global sales of EVs is expected to slow as China winds down some subsidies, Europe wavers on its phase-out of combustion engines, and U.S. producers make a U-turn from the segment. Read more…

Nvidia Reveals New AI Tools for Autonomous Vehicles, Robots

Nvidia, aiming to extend the reach of its technology, announced a group of AI models and tools designed to speed the development of autonomous vehicles and power a new generation of robots. Read more…

4 Railroads Object to Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger

CSX, BNSF Railway, Canadian Pacific Kansas City Southern and Grand Trunk Railroad filed requests last week that the Surface Transportation Board reject Union Pacific’s application. Read more…

Transportation Stocks Eye Record on Economic Growth Hopes

Among the Dow Jones Transportation Average’s best performers in 2025 were C.H. Robinson Worldwide, surging 56%, as investors fawned over its use of artificial intelligence to cut costs. Read more…

EDITOR’S PICK

Top 50 Global Freight Companies Persevere Amid Trade Shift

The world’s largest transportation and logistics providers have been operating in a highly volatile business environment this year as tariffs and shifting trade policies have altered international freight flows. Read more…

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