The China-Laos Railway has transported more than 100,000 tons of cold-chain vegetables as of Thursday this year, representing an increase of over 62 percent compared to the same period last year.
To support the high-quality development of the modern agriculture of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, the local railway department has innovatively adopted mixed shipment of fresh goods and general cargo in the same train, to meet the flexible logistics needs of small and medium-sized enterprises.
The railway department has also taken measures to reduce transportation time through multi-modal transport to ensure the freshness of vegetables.
Vegetable exports from Yunnan have become one of the fastest-growing segments transported via the China-Laos Railway, bolstering the project's goal of facilitating the two-way flow of quality products through efficient, stable cold chain logistics.
China-Laos railway transportation plays key role in cold chain vegetable exports
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into Tesla's certification that its new Cybercab meets all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS).
The probe, formally designated as an Audit Query, was opened on Sept. 3 and covers an estimated 1,000 Cybercab vehicles, according to an NHTSA investigation document made public on Friday. It will examine the process and technical data Tesla relied upon when certifying the Cybercab, as well as related issues. Tesla began commercial deployment of a small number of Cybercab vehicles in Austin, Texas, on Thursday and notified the agency that it had certified the vehicles as compliant with all applicable FMVSS. Tesla also told the NHTSA that it plans to gradually expand commercial deployment of the Cybercab to include additional vehicles and locations.
The vehicles lack permanently attached conventional manual controls, such as a brake pedal, gas pedal, steering wheel and mirrors, according to the NHTSA.
The agency said the inquiry will examine, among other issues, the extent to which Tesla's certification depended on determinations that certain FMVSS are inapplicable to the Cybercab.
In the United States, the NHTSA establishes vehicle performance requirements, while automakers must certify that their vehicles meet applicable standards before entering the U.S. market, subject to agency oversight to confirm compliance. The NHTSA said it conducts investigations when certified vehicles appear not to adhere to those requirements.
U.S. regulator opens probe into Tesla Cybercab self-certification
