- Reuters
UPDATE 1-Amazon unveils first electric seaport trucks amid push to slash tailpipe emissions
Amazon.com on Tuesday unveiled the first of a dozen Volvo electric big rigs it plans to deploy this year to pick up cargo from the nation's busiest container seaport in Southern California. The e-commerce giant already has eight of those semi trucks in use at the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex, where every so-called drayage truck must be zero-emissions by 2035. The deployment is a first for Amazon, extending its vehicle electrification projects from ocean ports to customer doorsteps.
- Yahoo Finance
Whole Foods CEO: The chain is investing in value and technology — with help from Amazon
Value, quality, and convenience are what consumers are seeking, per Whole Foods' CEO.
- Benzinga
Intel's New Venture in Japan: Pioneering Automation in Chip Manufacturing by 2028
Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) Intel has partnered with 14 Japanese companies, including Omron and Yamaha Motor, to develop automation technologies for back-end semiconductor processes like packaging. Under the leadership of Kunimasa Suzuki, who heads Intel’s operations in Japan, this consortium plans to allocate tens of billions of yen—potentially over 10 billion yen ($65 million)—to achieve operational technology by 2028. The focus is to enhance the traditionally labor-intensive back-end steps, such
