trucking
1the art or business of conveying articles or goods on trucks.
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Later in 2019, Aurora pivoted to long-haul trucking as the first application for its self-driving technology.
Toyota partners with startup Aurora to develop self-driving taxis | Timothy B. Lee | February 9, 2021 | Ars TechnicaNikola bulls believed the company would do for hydrogen-powered, long-haul trucking what Tesla has done for electric cars.
Little Big Shorts: How tiny ‘activist’ firms became sheriffs in the stock market’s Wild West | Bernhard Warner | December 3, 2020 | FortuneGatik cofounder and CEO Gautam Narang describes his company’s goal as addressing the “middle mile” of autonomous transport, between long-haul trucking and last-mile delivery robots.
Autonomous delivery startup Gatik raises $25 million in Series A funding | dzanemorris | November 23, 2020 | FortuneIn July, the Treasury Department made a $700 million loan to YRC Worldwide, a struggling trucking company backed by Apollo.
Treasury emergency aid loan goes to airline backed by Amazon and Apollo, showing government’s long reach | Yeganeh Torbati | November 10, 2020 | Washington PostThat work has accelerated since spring 2019 when Daimler took a majority stake in Torc Robotics, an autonomous trucking startup that had been working with Luminar the past two years.
Daimler invests in lidar company Luminar in push to bring autonomous trucks to highways | Kirsten Korosec | October 30, 2020 | TechCrunch
The trucking roads make it easier for predators to wipe out prey.
He called it the Twilight Express trucking, no doubt in tribute to the series of books and movies.
Timothy Vafeades, the Vampire Trucker, Shames the Undead | Michael Daly | December 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMeanwhile, school buses, trucking fleets, and delivery vehicles are being converted to run on compressed natural gas.
The FBI has used them to recover diverted trucking shipments of consumer electronics.
Canvass of the local trucking industry brought to light the conveyor of that elegant article of furniture.
Average Jones | Samuel Hopkins AdamsSome day I'm going to have a trucking business of my own; there's good money in it.
A Man's Hearth | Eleanor M. IngramWithin a few years a whole settlement of shacks grows up around it, and soon the trucking of the neighborhood is in foreign hands.
Our Foreigners | Samuel P. OrthSince the cost of transportation varies with the distance, the trucking charge is customarily given as a separate item.
If You're Going to Live in the Country | Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond HuntleyTrees were in full leaf, and numerous cold frames showed that trucking was in full operation.
The houseboat book | William F. Waugh
British Dictionary definitions for trucking (1 of 2)
/ (ˈtrʌkɪŋ) /
mainly US and Canadian the transportation of goods by lorry
British Dictionary definitions for trucking (2 of 2)
/ (ˈtrʌkɪŋ) /
Also called: truck farming, (Brit, Austral., NZ, and South African) market gardening US and Canadian the business of growing fruit and vegetables on a commercial scale
commercial exchange; barter
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