Jim Press, (Moderator) Work Truck Solutions, Senior Advisor, Mandar Dighe, Knapheide, Global Sales/Marketing, Kirk Mann, Mitsubishi HC Capital America, EVP, and Shaun Skinner, Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Inc., President and COO, discuss the massive shift toward electric and zero-emission vehicles, especially given California's tough emission standards. They underline the importance of integrating different aspects of the industry to transform customer service, highlighting crucial areas such as collaboration, innovation in technology with connected vehicles and data analytics, and developing capabilities to respond to market changes. Despite potential disruptions, they remain hopeful about the industry's future.

Video Here:
https://youtu.be/vA5EwXePVYA?si=vHSWJMiV02nar9-M

At the Spring 2024 Commercial Vehicle Business Summit, industry leaders are discussing the essential impact of the commercial vehicle market, which represents 80% of the U.S. GDP and is valued at about $2 trillion. The keynote theme, "Connecting the dots," highlights the need for collaboration and innovation, including electrification initiatives like those introduced by Greg Brink from JD Power. The summit is addressing the importance of transparency and educating consumers to foster the development of zero-emission vehicles. Efforts are underway to involve all stakeholders, from politicians to local communities, to achieve these goals.

View the slide deck here: https://issuu.com/cvbnetwork/docs/gre...

Video Here:
https://youtu.be/g4NPX8luJmc?si=iLFjbzisMBpyilZQ

Steve Henning, Executive Editor, CVBNetwork  sat down with  Candy McCollum, Manager of Business Development Comvoy, one of the session speakers of the  Spring 2024 Commercial Vehicle Business Summit that took place on April 10th and 11th- The two "Connected the Dots" - highlighting the various speakers and conversations and important tools that every commercial vehicle business needs to take to heart.

The videos of the sessions are now available to those who pre-registered for the free digital summit - With both the videos and podcasts being available to the general public next week~!

Stay tuned for the podcasts here on Commercial Vehicle Pro!

  Steve Henning, Executive Editor, CVBNetwork, sat down with Tucker Perkins, President and CEO of PERC - highlighting the versatility and necessity of Propane in the varied AltFuel Market - and how these powerhouse of a fuel works toward furthering "connecting the dots" in the commercial space.  

Jake Obert, Senior Director of Sales and Kim Mathers, Vice President Product Marketing and Strategy, REE Automotive sat down with us the last day of Work Truck Week 2024 and discussed the P7C Cab Chassis, first time showing in the USA, as well as the highlights from their attendance!

https://ree.auto/

Kaitlyn Deleary, Assistant Marketing Director and Clay Okabayashi, Director of Sales of Mullen Automotive sat down on the last day of Work Truck Week 2024 to showcase new and existing products and highlight the needs to come out to shows.

https://www.mullenusa.com/

Kristean von der Heiden, CVBNetwork.com met up with Jim Castelaz , Founder and Chief Technology and Revenue Officer, Motiv PS at the 2024 Work Truck Week - Last year was such a great podcast, we sought out a recap of Motiv PS' last year and more from Jim on why it is so important to come to Work Truck Week.

https://www.motivps.com/

The Fireside chat with Work Truck Solutions at 2024 Work Truck Week
- with industry experts Jim Press, Kathryn Schifferle, AJ Hewitson,  Alicia Von Bokel, and Rene St.Hilaire!
 
The panel discussed issues relevant to commercial sales, with range of fantastic topics covered- Struggles with CRMs and the ever looming "Back to Normal" after the Covid pandemic flipped the supply and demand model where just of a few of many.

CVBNetwork.com was glad to have been covering the event- definitely an important tool in our industry toolbox

Dan Shelhamer, Vice President of Sales at U.S. Upfitters, a Division of Driverge speaks with Sean Meredith, Director of Business Development, Driverge and  Kristean von der Heiden, CVBNetwork.com at the 2024 Work Truck Week in regards to US Upfitters  solutions for smaller vehicles and their impressive locks.

https://www.driverge.com/
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Sean Meredith, Director of Business Development, Driverge and Dan Shelhamer, Vice President of Sales at U.S. Upfitters, a Division of Driverge, reflected on Driverge/US Upfitter's merger with Kristean von der Heiden, CVBNetwork.com at the 2024 Work Truck Week. Sean goes on to speak to the Driverge's upfits for smaller vehicles to fill the void the lack of smaller work truck vehicles from the OEMS.

https://www.driverge.com/
https://www.inlad.com/