It’s the second and last day of Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days event, and we’ve got another deal-packed smorgasbord of Green Deals for you, with all the others we couldn’t fit here collected into our Fall Prime Day Green Deals hub here. Starting off today’s edition is Jackery’s full Fall Prime Day Sale with up to 65% discounts and bonus savings codes, with it offering the 3,584Wh HomePower 3600 Pro Max Power Station at a new $1,664 low, while Bluetti has a number of units at up to 50% off, including the 1,024Wh Elite 100 V2 Power Station at $449. There is also the MASSIVE array of Anker security device deals at up to 50% off starting from $18 for some of the best prices we’ve seen yet, as well as ECOVACS’ O1000 and A2000 LiDAR Pro Robot Lawn Mowers at new lows starting from $949. We also have more on Segway’s Max G2 e-scooter, a new low price on a carbon-fiber EGO Multi-Head Combo kit, a roundup of all the Worx tool deals, Beatbot’s returning low prices on robot pool cleaners, Anker’s Nebula portable projectors, and more. Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories. more…
Porsche has finally confirmed that there will be no more gas-powered Boxster/Cayman going forward, and that all-electric versions of those vehicles will have their first production year in 2028. The move shows that Porsche is finally ready to bring electric power to its sportscars… but Porsche’s CEO still says the 911 will “never” go electric. We think time will show him to be wrong on that one. more…
Tesla delivered just 8,295 “Other Models” in Q3 2026, down 48% from a year ago and the lowest total for the category since 2021. With the Model S and Model X out of production, almost all of them were Cybertrucks. That gives us the cleanest look yet at Cybertruck sales. We estimate Tesla delivered 7,000 to 8,000 of the trucks last quarter, a pace of about 30,000 a year from a line it planned for 250,000. more…
Packaged goods supply chains are full of examples of exception requests, like when a retailer asks for a custom pack configuration, a key account needs a special label, or a shipment gets rerouted on short notice to hit a delivery window. Those kinds of exceptions aren’t necessarily problems on their own. Exception handling can look like good customer service. But on Oct. 15, FreightWaves and G3 Logistics are asking what happens when you stop counting those requests one at a time and start adding them up. That’s the topic of The Hidden Cost-to-Serve in Packaged Goods: Managing Rework, Specialized Handling, and Operational Exceptions, a free webinar that will dig into the repack jobs, relabeling work, retailer-specific requirements, and expedited changes that accumulate inside packaged goods networks until they’re no longer exceptions at all. Without visibility into what those exceptions cost, they can be devastating to margins over time. G3 Logistics brings transportation, warehousing, and supply chain expertise to a common packaged goods challenge: customer requests that add work beyond the standard flow. A package change, relabeling request, or tighter delivery window can affect handling, schedules, inventory, and capacity across multiple teams. Seeing those effects together helps leaders understand hidden costs and make more intentional service decisions. Jerry Knight, G3’s Senior Director of Global Logistics, and Nicole Ostertag, Head of Solutions, will explore when a reasonable exception becomes a recurring operating cost—and what should change when it does. A one-off retailer packaging request for a promotion can look like a manageable commercial accommodation, until the extra handling, line interruptions, inventory segregation, and tighter turnaround windows it requires start showing up in every subsequent run for that account. Rework that begins as occasional recovery work (such as relabeling, repacking, or fixing damaged product) can quietly become a standing part of daily operations, its cost buried inside standard labor instead of tracked anywhere finance or ops can see it. The accounts that matter most commercially are often the ones creating the most operational drag, including frequent small runs, narrow delivery windows, or constant manual workarounds to hit a service level that is now taken for granted. The discussion is structured as a working session for supply chain leaders to compare notes on where these costs show up first, which ones are easy to see on a P&L, which stay buried in additional touches and lost throughput, and who in the organization actually owns the decision to say yes to a request. The webinar is designed to give you a sharper read on how to measure hidden costs at the customer, SKU or channel level, where other companies have had success clawing back margin through order rules, packaging redesign, customer segmentation or clearer exception pricing, and a clearer sense of which functions need to be in the same room to make any of it stick. Hidden costs rarely announce themselves as a logistics problem or a warehouse problem. They sit at the intersection of commercial commitments, packaging decisions, and operational execution. Leaders can address them by making exceptions visible before workarounds become part of daily operations. The webinar is free to attend. If you’re responsible for packaging, operations, planning, or customer service in a packaged goods supply chain, you’ll want to be in the room before the hidden costs in your own network get any harder to see. Register for “The Hidden Cost-to-Serve in Packaged Goods” here to save your spot for the Oct. 15 session. The post The Costs You Can’t See in Packaged Goods Supply Chains appeared first on FreightWaves.
Zim Integrated Shipping Services raised its full-year 2026 earnings guidance Oct. 6, citing continued strong market demand and favorable freight-rate momentum. The revised forecast increases the midpoint of its adjusted operating earnings outlook by 72% from guidance issued in August. The Israeli container carrier (NYSE: ZIM) now expects adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $2.7 billion to $3 billion, up from its previous range of $2 billion to $2.4 billion. Adjusted earnings before interest and taxes are projected at $1.4 billion to $1.7 billion, compared with the earlier forecast of $700 million to $1.1 billion. At the midpoint, the new outlook puts adjusted EBITDA at $2.85 billion, an increase of $650 million, or approximately 30%. The adjusted EBIT midpoint rises to $1.55 billion from $900 million. Both comparisons are against the company’s Aug. 19 forecast for the year ending Dec. 31. window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag.cmd.push(function() { var gptSlot = googletag.defineSlot('/21776187881/FW-Responsive-Main_Content-Slot1', [[300, 100], [320, 50], [728, 90], [468, 60]], 'div-gpt-ad-1709668545404-0').defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.banner1).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(); googletag.enableServices(); setInterval(function() { if (!document.hidden) { googletag.pubads().refresh([gptSlot]); } }, 30000); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1709668545404-0'); }); Zim attributed the upgrade to “continued strong market demand and favorable momentum in freight rates.” The announcement did not provide updated cargo-volume projections or quantify how much of the increase reflected rates rather than shipment demand. The higher outlook comes as Zim awaits completion of its pending acquisition by Hapag-Lloyd. In its announcement, the company identified uncertainty surrounding the transaction, geopolitical instability and fluctuations in freight rates, vessel supply and shipping demand among factors that could cause actual results to differ from its projections. Zim’s guidance uses adjusted financial measures rather than results prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards. The company cautioned that adjusted EBITDA excludes debt-service requirements and capital expenditures and should not be treated as a measure of cash available for its use. Read more articles by Stuart Chirls here. Read more: window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag.cmd.push(function() { var gptSlot = googletag.defineSlot('/21776187881/fw-responsive-main_content-slot3', [[728, 90], [468, 60], [320, 50], [300, 100]], 'div-gpt-ad-1665767553440-0').defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.banner1).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(); googletag.enableServices(); setInterval(function() { if (!document.hidden) { googletag.pubads().refresh([gptSlot]); } }, 30000); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1665767553440-0'); }); New submarine plant planned at Baltimore multimodal hub Xeneta: US-bound container rates peak, but sharp collapse unlikely DP World plots US port comeback with Corpus Christi container terminal Dockworkers protest at Port of Vancouver over automation, AI Savannah port project passes 60% complete mark window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag.cmd.push(function() { var gptSlot = googletag.defineSlot('/21776187881/fw-responsive-main_content-slot4', [[300, 100], [320, 50], [728, 90], [468, 60]], 'div-gpt-ad-1709668086344-0').defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.banner1).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(); googletag.enableServices(); setInterval(function() { if (!document.hidden) { googletag.pubads().refresh([gptSlot]); } }, 30000); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1709668086344-0'); }); The post Zim lifts profit forecast 72% on strong demand appeared first on FreightWaves.
If you’ve ever looked at a cargo e-bike and thought, “Sure, but where am I supposed to put the other six people?”, SixThreeZero may finally have the answer. The company’s latest addition to its growing e-bike and e-trike lineup, the Long Range Luxury Rickshaw, is already a fairly ridiculous machine in its standard form. It combines three wheels, dual motors, rear passenger seating bench, and enough battery capacity to make many electric motorcycles jealous. But start adding its optional passenger trailers, and you can essentially build yourself a seven-person electric bicycle train. more…
Rivian is rolling out Pet Cam, a new feature in software update 2026.36 that lets R2 owners check on a pet left in the vehicle through a live video feed in the Rivian app. It’s exclusive to the R2. R1T and R1S owners get new remote Pet Mode controls instead, and the same update brings the Rivian Assistant to the R2, four months after the SUV launched. more…
Freight of all kinds paced a 5% weekly gain among U.S. railroads from a year ago, according to the Association of American Railroads. For the week ending October 3, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 529,712 carloads and intermodal units, ahead 5.1% compared with the same week in 2025. A total of 230,711 carloads was better by 2.4% while intermodal volume was 299,001 containers and trailers, up 7.4% on 2025. Seven of 10 carload commodity groups tracked by AAR posted increases. They were topped by metallic ores and metals, 12.8%, closely followed by petroleum and related products, 12.2%. Forest products, which has mostly struggled in a stagnant housing market, took third, up 7.5%. Gran slipped 5.2%, while farm products excluding grain and food, 4.1%, and coal, 0.1%, were weaker y/y. Through the first 39 weeks of 2026, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 8,910,593 carloads, a 2.7% gain, and 11,077,697 intermodal units, ahead 4.2% from the previous year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 39 weeks of 2026 was 19,988,290 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 3.5% y/y. North American rail volume for the week on nine reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads improved by 1.6% to 335,068 carloads, and 386,372 intermodal units, up 6.9%. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 721,440 carloads and intermodal units, 4.4% better than 2025. North American rail volume for the first 39 weeks of 2026 was 27,399,651 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.1%. Subscribe to FreightWaves’ Rail e-newsletter and get the latest insights on rail freight right in your inbox. Read more articles by Stuart Chirls here. Read more: Union Pacific CEO ‘99.99%’ confident rail merger will win approval Major chemical producer backs UP-NS merger Another strong week for industrial rail freight ‘Higher rates, less reliable service’: Family farmers oppose rail merger STB tabs former BNSF exec as economics director, adds senior adviser The post Climbing intermodal rail volumes more than treble commodities traffic gains appeared first on FreightWaves.
Two logistics and distribution companies have agreed to pay a combined $2 million to resolve federal employment discrimination cases involving allegations that women and other applicants were denied jobs based on sex, race or national origin. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Monday that Birchstone Management, a Dallas-based warehousing and logistics management company, agreed to pay $500,000 after an investigation found the company rejected qualified women seeking pallet repair jobs. The settlement comes less than two weeks after the EEOC announced Denver-based Mile Hi Companies would pay $1.5 million to resolve a federal lawsuit alleging discriminatory hiring practices involving Black, female and Afghan applicants. EEOC says Birchstone rejected women for pallet repair jobs The EEOC said its investigation found that Birchstone Management turned away a qualified woman who applied for a pallet repairer position at the company’s Spokane Valley, Washington, location solely because of her sex. The agency said the practice extended beyond one applicant and location. Since at least May 2020, Birchstone allegedly rejected other qualified female applicants for pallet repair jobs in Spokane Valley; Amarillo and Houston, Texas; Lakewood, Washington; and Las Vegas. Instead, according to the EEOC, Birchstone hired men with similar or fewer qualifications or continued looking for male applicants. “I showed up ready to demonstrate my ability to do the job, only to be told that the company only hires men,” the applicant who filed the charge said in the EEOC announcement. “I hope this case helps employers stop labeling jobs as ‘women’s work’ or ‘men’s work.’” Birchstone agreed to provide $55,000 to the woman and establish a $445,000 settlement fund for other affected applicants. The agreement resulted from the EEOC’s pre-litigation conciliation process rather than a lawsuit. Along with monetary relief, Birchstone must revise its hiring and recruitment policies, provide training to personnel involved in hiring at several locations, audit its employment recordkeeping annually and report to the EEOC for two years. Mile Hi Foods settles EEOC lawsuit for $1.5M The Birchstone settlement follows a Sept. 25 announcement that Mile Hi Companies, a Denver-based distributor of food and paper products, agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle an EEOC lawsuit filed in 2024. The allegations in that case extended beyond sex discrimination. The EEOC alleged Mile Hi denied employment opportunities to Black, female and Afghan applicants beginning in 2015. According to the agency’s lawsuit, the company’s CEO directed employees to limit the percentage of Black applicants hired, not hire women for warehouse positions and stop hiring Afghan applicants for bakery jobs. When the company’s human resources manager opposed those directives, the EEOC alleged Mile Hi retaliated against her by harassing and eventually firing her. The EEOC filed the lawsuit in September 2024 after the agency said efforts to reach a settlement through its administrative conciliation process were unsuccessful. Under a three-year consent decree, Mile Hi must provide monetary relief to the former HR manager and affected applicants. The company also must review its employment policies, train employees and managers on anti-discrimination laws, maintain applicant records and periodically report its compliance efforts to the EEOC. Women remain underrepresented in transportation The cases come as the transportation industry continues to grapple with attracting and retaining women in jobs historically dominated by men. A 2024 American Transportation Research Institute study found significant barriers for women entering and remaining in trucking, ranging from negative stereotypes and company culture to inadequate facilities and gender harassment. ATRI surveyed nearly 1,500 current and former truck drivers and also conducted interviews and focus groups with drivers, motor carriers and truck-driving schools. Women accounted for roughly half of the driver survey respondents. Women reported experiencing 11 of 12 problems examined by researchers more frequently than men. About 17% of female respondents said they encountered harassment or discrimination daily, roughly twice the rate reported by male drivers. Why it matters: The settlements highlight persistent barriers for women seeking jobs in traditionally male-dominated freight and logistics occupations, an issue also documented in transportation industry research. More FreightWaves articles by Noi Mahoney: TA Services acquires 2 Texas cross-border carriers, adds 133 trucks DP World plots US port comeback with Corpus Christi container terminal FMCSA restores 30-day HOS relief for truckers during emergencies The post Logistics firms to pay $2M to settle hiring discrimination cases appeared first on FreightWaves.
Europe has spent years encouraging people to ditch cars and get around on bicycles and e-bikes instead. And in many places, it’s working. But all of those increasingly sophisticated electric bicycles have created an unexpected new problem: there aren’t nearly enough people to fix them. more…
