Truck Tech: Incubator and accelerator edition

Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI

Volvo wants to incubate inventions by startups. Phillips Industries wants to help accelerate young businesses. Can these approaches work in trucking the same as they do across the technology landscape?

VOLVO created CampX, a physical location where more than 50 startups have explored and accelerated new ideas under the watchful eye of the global truckmaker.

Phillips Industries, a manufacturer of advanced electrical and air brake system components for the commercial truck and trailer industry, announced Phillips Innovations.

Phillips Innovations will focus first on sustainable energy technologies. Companies partnering with Phillips Innovations are:

• Merlin Solar, which makes kits to power cab comforts in Class 8 trucks;
• ProEV, which makes high-voltage harnesses and electric vehicle technology for battery-electric and fuel cell-powered Class 8 trucks and trailers, and

Spartan Radar, whose trailer blindspot detection devices layer with trailer camera radar technologies to help reduce accidents.

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