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Tesla and the Future of the Trucking Industry

Elementum

The Semi, set to be unveiled in 2017, is a large electric-powered, long-haul trucking vehicle that Musk says will “deliver a substantial reduction in the cost of cargo transport, while increasing safety and making it really fun to operate.”. Trucking is the main means for freight transportation in the United States.

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Applying History’s Lessons to New Resiliency Plans

CH Robinson Transportfolio

However, we saw similar supply chain outages associated with the 2004 Tsunami in Thailand, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Japan’s earthquake and Tsunami in 2011. Alternatively, the resilient supply chain teaches redundancy of manufacturing lines, inventory, and capacity. Superstorm Sandy was uniquely catastrophic.