Autonomous Trucks
Karen Jones, executive vice president and chief marketing officer with Ryder, covers four big issues in the logistics arena: advanced vehicle technology, accelerating demand for e-commerce, asset-sharing for commercial vehicles, and digital technologies. Advanced vehicle technology covers a multitude of applications, including electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles and other tools for achieving sustainability goals. “The world is changing quite quickly with electric,” says Jones. Accelerated demand for e-commerce is a given in the omnichannel retail world, Jones says, adding that the trend shows no signs of slowing anytime soon. Now, says Jones, “the technology is coming out of the back of the house to the front of the house.”