Second generation Parallel Systems autonomous-electric rail vehicle. Vehicle is designed to carry cargo containers that might otherwise by transported by trucks or traditional freight trains. No ...

Culver City, Calif.-based Parallel Systems has been awarded a $4.4 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant to test its autonomous, battery-electric-powered railcar technology. DOE is ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration will allow Parallel Systems to test its autonomous, self-propelled flatcar system on a pair of Genesee & Wyoming short lines in Georgia. The FRA last ...

Each day, thousands of trucks leave the shipping ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach hauling containers full of furniture, clothing, electronics, and other imports from Asia. The trucks, running on ...

Los Angeles, Calif.-based Parallel Systems on Sept. 12 introduced its second-generation autonomous battery-electric freight car, which it plans to pilot test on existing U.S. and international rail ...

Ex-SpaceX engineer Matt Soule believes his autonomous rail cars could help ease the trucker shortage. Parallel Systems' rail freight cars could take over long-haul cargo routes from truckers, he said.

A California startup co-founded by three former SpaceX engineers has emerged from stealth with a plan to build autonomous electric vehicles to haul freight by rail, and has raised a sizable pot of ...

New development agreement will equip Parallel Flight Technologies’ Firefly cargo UAV with ParaZero parachute recovery systems. Parallel Flight Technologies’ 122 kg MTOW (maximum takeoff weight) ...