Torquing Trucks

Torquing Trucks

By Will ShiersBusiness
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Torquing Trucks episodes

  • 51: Sasko Cuklev: Driverless trucks are no longer a future concept

    In this episode of Torquing Trucks, Will Shiers speaks to Sasko Cuklev, head of on-road solutions at Volvo Autonomous Solutions, about the reality of autonomous freight operations in the US.
    Volvo is already running driverless trucks on public highways in Texas, moving real freight for paying customers between Dallas, Houston, El Paso and Oklahoma City. While safety drivers remain in the cab for now, Cuklev says fully driverless operation is getting closer “in quarters rather than years”.

    26 min
  • 48: Eight manufacturers, one show: RTX Northern Ireland special
    Recorded at RTX Northern Ireland 2026 at the Eikon Exhibition Centre, this episode brings together eight leading truck and van manufacturers for a quick-fire catch-up on their latest products and the state of the market. Featuring voices from Volvo Trucks, DAF, MAN, Mercedes-Benz, Renault Trucks, Scania, Iveco and the Electric Van Company.
    44 min
  • 47: Heiko Selzam, Daimler Truck UK MD: has anything improved?

    In 2023, Heiko Selzam openly admitted that Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK had let customers down. Parts availability was poor, trucks were off the road, and the dealer network lacked consistency.
    Now he’s back! In this follow-up episode, we revisit those issues and ask what has actually improved, and what hasn’t.

    39 min
  • 45: RHA boss Richard Smith faces some tough reader questions

    In this episode of Torquing Trucks, Will Shiers meets RHA managing director Richard Smith at the Junction 23 Truck Stop diner for a Grilled in the Cafe interview.
    Over a J23 Big Breakfast, Smith answers tough questions submitted by Commercial Motor readers. The conversation covers the challenges facing UK haulage, how the RHA works with government, and what membership really delivers for operators.

    1 hr
  • 46: Midlands Midlands Truck & Van becomes the UK’s first fully eReady Mercedes-Benz dealer network
    In this episode of Torquing Trucks, Will Shiers visits Midlands Truck & Van to speak with managing director Michael Carolan and e-truck consultant Martin Kelly. The dealer group has become the first Mercedes-Benz Trucks franchise in the UK to achieve full eReady status across its eight-site network. They explain what that means in practice, the investment required, why the eActros 600 is generating interest, and why diesel still remains central to most operators’ fleets.
    25 min
  • 42: Grilled in the Cafe: reader questions and straight answers with MAN Truck & Bus UK boss Jan Kohlmeier
    Will Shiers is joined by Jan Kohlmeier, MD of MAN Truck & Bus UK, for a Grilled in the Cafe interview recorded over breakfast at Chippenham Pitstop. Located just off the M4 and popular with drivers, Chippenham Pitstop provides the setting as Kohlmeier answers questions submitted by CM readers during a working breakfast, having arrived at the venue in the driver’s seat of an MAN eTGX electric artic.

    27 min

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Join Commercial Motor Editor Will Shiers as he chats about trucks with various industry experts