Truck Tech

By Alan Adler, FreightWaves

Thomas Wasson discusses all things commercial trucking and technology.... more

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The podcast currently has 120 episodes available.

Truck Tech episodes:

August 30, 2023 Plussing up autonomous trucking
Guest: David Liu, co-founder and CEO, Plus
Topic: Plus takes a different approach to autonomous trucking, making the driving task easier while evolving toward removing the driver. Is it a winning strategy?
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August 23, 2023 AI-enhanced road safety
Guest: Sterfan Heck, founder and CEO, Nauto
Topic: As the number of truck crashes continues to rise, an 8-year-old startup offering artificial intelligence-backed prompts to drivers that could help reverse the deadly trend.
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28min
August 16, 2023 Steve Girsky’s vision for Nikola
Steve Girsky helped bring Nikola public three years ago. Now he is running the day-to-day operations as the third CEO in less than a year. What does the future hold for the electric truck manufacturer and hydrogen distributor?
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28min
August 09, 2023 Getting real on electric truck charging
Guests: Mike Roeth, executive director, North American Council for Freight Efficiency
Ken Marko, Fleet Sustainability Senior Manager, U.S. Foods
Topic: The North American Council for Freight Efficiency’s Run on Less program is a form of truth test for how well trucks can perform at their best. Two years of focus on electric trucks is revealing the good and bad in the transition from diesel power.
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28min
August 02, 2023 Fighting for autonomous trucking in California
Guest: Jeff Farrah, executive director, Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association
Topic: The Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association is fighting California legislators and the Teamsters over a possible ban of heavy-duty autonomous trucking without safety drivers. Where will this shake out?
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29min
July 26, 2023 Major order propels autonomous truck commercialization
Guests: Don Burnette, Kodiak Robotics and Brett Suma, Loadsmith
Loadsmith’s order of up to 800 Kodiak Robotics autonomous driving systems is the clearest sign yet that driverless trucks are edging closer to reality.
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28min
July 19, 2023 Catching up with Roger Nielsen
Roger Nielsen, chairman, Proterra Inc., knew he would stay involved in future mobility when he retired as CEO of Daimler Truck North America in 2021. Boy, has he ever.
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July 12, 2023 Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum's outlook for business growth and sustainability
As the global market leader in every trucking segment in which it participates, Daimler Truck fears no competitor. But it is concerned that words alone will not solve infrastructure and climate change issues as the industry transitions to zero emissions.
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26min
July 05, 2023 ONE way to the future of batteries
Our Next Energy is on its way to providing 600 miles of range on a single charge for its lithium iron phosphate batteries. Founder and CEO Mujeeb Ajaz believes scaling the technology will be the long-sought battery breakthrough by the end of the decade.
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29min
June 28, 2023 Lightning eMotors; Electric school buses and a no-regret SPAC merger
Lightning eMotors will need more money to scale the electrification of school buses and transit vans. But it occupies a niche with few competitors.
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FAQs about Truck Tech:

How many episodes does Truck Tech have?

The podcast currently has 120 episodes available.