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Microsoft News recently interviewed the co-founder and executive chairman of Volta, Carl-Magnus Norden, to discuss the future of electric vehicle (EV) trucks and their role in last mile delivery. Volta is a full electric vehicle manufacturer based out of Europe. According to Norden, Volta has recently updated its sales target for 2025, and hopes to enter the US market the end of this summer and early fall. The EV company plans to target New York initially, followed by other major cities, including San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles.

2021 Last Mile Delivery Trends

FMCSA SAYS ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS SAVES THOUSANDS OF LIVES

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released an annual analysis that estimates that commercial vehicle roadside safety

 inspection and traffic enforcement programs saved 472 lives in 2012. Since 2001, the agency says the programs have saved more than 7,000 lives.

Houston-based, Mattress Firm Holding Corp. warns it expects to post a loss for the year as it moves to rebrand its more than 3,400 stores.

Home Furnishings Business recently gave some very valuable insight into the relationship between election years and furntiure industry growth. We've included a synopsis below. For the full article click here. Is an election year partly responsible for a healthy economy? Are furniture sales higher and unemployment rates lower? Looking back over the past 20 years and the elections those years encompassed yields interesting results. With the exception of the Great Recession in 2008, a possible heightened sense of confidence and hope for the future during election years may partly be responsible for higher furniture sales growth, consumer confidence, gross domestic product and lower unemployment rates.

An amendment set to come to the Senate floor this week would, if made law, bring back regulations requiring truckers’ 34-hour restart to include two 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. periods and limit the restart’s use to once a week.

If you are a retailer of big ticket merchandise, you understand that the selection of a partner for your third party logistics solutions is an integral decision for the profitability and health of your business.

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Home Furnishings Business recently wrote a fantastic article on home delivery. We highly recommend reading it in it's entirety but if you only have a few minutes you should at least read the section below-

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