Truck Tech

Guest: Magnus Gustafsson, Volvo Truck vice president of connected services

Topic: Volvo's expanded Blue Service contract extends maintenance coverage to incorporate data mining to predict things that might go wrong in addition to obvious repairs.

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Guest: Joachim Ladra, head of marketing, cellcentric

Topic: The Daimler Truck-Volvo Group fuel cell joint venture is working on a 375-kilowatt single fuel cell system that replaces the twin 150-kW stacks in current use. Daimler also shows its pilot liquid hydrogen fueling station in Wörth am Rhein, Germany.

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Guest: Andreas Gorbach, Daimler Truck head of technology

Topic: From the IAA Transportation show in Hannover, Germany, Daimler Truck Head of Technology Andreas Gorbach discusses how the future of trucking could virtually place a driver at home while still on the road.

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Allen Schaeffer, executive director, Engine Technology Forum

Topic: A variety of drop-in fuels, from renewable diesel to renewable natural gas and hydrogen, all suggest a strong future for internal combustion engines even as electrification gets most of the attention.

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Guest: Brian Balicki, head of design, Volvo Trucks North America

Topic: Designers incorporated all the environments where a commercial truck travels for Volvo's first over-the-road truck purpose built for North America.

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Qasar Younis, co-founder and CEO and Peter Ludwig, co-founder and CTO, Applied Intuition

Topic: Applied Intuition counts nearly every major automotive and truck maker among its customers for bespoke development of software and tools for range of autonomy use cases

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For this episode of Making the switch, we visited the Cummins Jamestown, New York engine plant where the X15N natural gas engine is built. Plant manager Shawn Hricko talks about the diesel-like performance of the industry’s first 15-liter natural gas engine which is lighter than the current 12-liter and features up to 10% better fuel economy.

Industry analysts estimate that renewable natural gas (RNG) could grow to power one in five heavy-duty trucks in the U.S. over the next decade. UPS, Frito-Lay, Wegmans and other fleets count on RNG to reduce emissions and cut fuel costs. With looming regulations that dramatically restrict nitrogen oxide emissions, trucking fleet managers and executives need to understand the role RNG can play in meeting the new rules.

To help unpack the RNG story and assist fleets in making informed decisions about switching from diesel to RNG, we talked with stakeholders throughout the natural gas ecosystem. Following this episode on Cummins, future episodes will feature Kenworth, Hexagon Agility, Clean Energy, Opal Fuels and Paper Transport covering the business case, viability and advantages of RNG for heavy-duty trucks.

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Download this guide is designed to help heavy-duty fleets make an informed analysis of natural gas trucks, RNG fuel and cost of ownership: https://hexagonagility.com/rng-for-heavy-duty-fleets-ebook

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Guest: Scott Davidson, CEO, Revolv

Topic: There is so much more involved in electrifying commercial fleets than buying trucks and chargers. Companies like Revolv want to connect all aspects of electrification - from site permits to driver training.

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Guest: Shawn Hricko, plant manager, Cummins Jamestown Engine Plant

Topic: As Cummins moves to build a variety of fuel-agnostic engines, the focus is on the 1 million square-foot Jamestown, New York, engine plant, which is capable of assembling more than 500 heavy-duty truck engines a day.

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Guest: Maddie Sullivan, product marketing manager, Volvo Trucks North America

Topic: As Volvo debuts its new-from-the-ground-up VNL flagship, Truck Tech takes a deep dive on the integration of safety systems that seeks to avoid crashes and lessen the impact of unavoidable accidents.

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