HaulHound, a tech startup seeking to eliminate billions of dollars in inefficiencies in the logistics industry, has launched an innovative suite of features to its free online platform and mobile app for truck drivers and shippers. The new features, including instantaneous digital freight matching, come after extensive user testing and feedback.

With the future of transportation clearly in self-driving technology, three new California-based autonomous truck companies are entering the mix.

Embark, Starsky Robotics and Drive.ai are new entries in the field.

Trucking industry organizations OOIDA, ATA and others recently welcomed findings from the U.S. DOT’s Office of the Inspector General that determined the two early morning provisions and the once-weekly limit on drivers’ 34-hour restart regulations provide no benefit to the industry.

According to press reports, Amazon is building an app that matches truck drivers with shippers, a new service that would deepen its presence in the $800 billion trucking industry.

With the Trump Administration pledging to roll back many federal regulations, America’s trucking industry is optimistic that some laws will either be softened or go away all together.