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Future Transport and Logistics brief week 24 2026
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Episode notes
- Middle-mile autonomous logistics have reached commercial maturation, highlighted by PepsiCo and Gatik deploying 41 fully driverless trucks across surface streets and Volvo aiming for highway-ready autonomous rigs by 2027.
- The European Union is formalizing "sovereign" logistics infrastructure through cross-border autonomous testbeds and the Clean Transport Corridor Initiative, which mandates that sensitive data remains within the EU and targets 400,000 zero-emission trucks by 2030.
- China is implementing a bimodal decarbonization strategy, mandating a 40% market penetration for new-energy heavy trucks supported by battery-swapping networks while investing 77.2 billion yuan to expand the Three Gorges waterway for bulk freight.
- Enterprise logistics are transitioning towar ...
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