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Today we are going to talk about the race for fully autonomous trucking to become reality with hopes to transform the $4 trillion global freight industry. The aim is Level 4 autonomy, meaning full automation without human intervention. If the technology is nailed, then peak hours of travel can be circumnavigated to provide greater assurance […]

How can vehicle tech help today and what are the next steps with this technology? We find out as we chat with John Elsner CEO of Pedigree Technologies and Joshua DeCock, VP of Product Management. Pedigree is a premier provider of tech solutions in the telematics and “Internet of Things” space for North America. In fact, in 2021, the company received an Internet of Things Innovator Award for Trucking Fleet Management!

We all know that in 2018, ELDs were pushed across the trucking industry… but, did you know, that the technology goes back to AOBRDs since 1988! Since then, the telematic and vehicle tracking hardware and software has improved dramatically, helping both truckers manage their time and equipment; as well as carriers manage fleet efficiency and […]

With me today is the one and only founder of the Women In Trucking organization, Ellen Voie. Ellen is an internationally recognized speaker and authority on gender diversity and inclusion for women in transportation. She started WIT in 2007 after decades in the transportation industry and saw it grow from hundreds to now over 8,000 members across 10 countries! Women in Trucking basically represents women that design the trucks, build the trucks, buy the trucks, sell the trucks, own the trucks, fix the trucks, and drive the trucks! And I am sure you can include the brokers, insurance agents, safety and compliance industry, human resources, and more. Ellen, Welcome to the podcast!

With me today is the one and only founder of the Women In Trucking organization, Ellen Voie. Ellen is an internationally recognized speaker and authority on gender diversity and inclusion for women in transportation. She started WIT in 2007 after decades in the transportation industry and saw it grow from hundreds to now over 8,000 […]

Today we are going to talk about how we can disagree about really important things (theology, politics, even moral issues) and still be in relationship, in conversation, and in loving community together. To help me are the authors of their new book ‘Loving Disagreement’: Kathy Khang and Matt Mikalatos… as well as someone who can help bridge the gap to the trucking world: Ron Fraser, President and CEO of Transport For Christ.

Today we are going to talk about how we can disagree about really important things (theology, politics, even moral issues) and still be in relationship, in conversation, and in loving community together. To help me are the authors of their new book ‘Loving Disagreement’: Kathy Khang and Matt Mikalatos… as well as someone who can […]

Today we are going to talk about an old 1992 Freightliner semi-truck turned simulator sitting at an old Oregon museum that need a lot of tender love and care so it can run a truck driving simulation again. To talk about this project, I have Stephen Hodges… not only a friend of mine, but a man of many skills… a serial entrepreneur, marketing expert, Program Manager for Student Engagement for the College of Business at Oregon State University, teacher to new business students, and mechanic with his own YouTube channel @BadIdeasGarage  where, among loving cars and doing ridiculous things with them, has had a project fixing this old truck driving simulator at the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum outside Salem, Oregon.

Today we are going to talk about an old 1992 Freightliner semi-truck turned simulator sitting at an old Oregon museum that need a lot of tender love and care so it can run a truck driving simulation again. To talk about this project, I have Stephen Hodges… not only a friend of mine, but a […]

In Pennsylvania, there will be no CDL Tests from Aug 24-27 because of upcoming changes. So, what exactly is changing on the behind-the-wheel skills test? Find out with our guest Jolyn Graham, Vice President of Operations at CNS Driver Training Center in Lititz, PA.