Truck Tech

By Alan Adler, FreightWaves

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

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The podcast currently has 116 episodes available.

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January 31, 2024 An Outsider's Inside Job at Nikola
Mary Chan spent much of her career in telecommunications, computer products and later at GM's OnStar unit where she brought innovations like Apple CarPlay first to the company's cars and trucks. Her connection to battery-electric and fuel cell trucks is more direct than one might think.
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January 25, 2024 Aurora And Continental’s Plan For Scaling Autonomous Trucks
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23min
January 18, 2024 Paccar’s Deliberate Approach To Advanced Technology
Whether its electric trucks, chargers or hydrogen-powered fuel cells, county Paccar in. But when it comes to infrastructure development, that’s not the truck maker’s game.
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27min
December 21, 2023 Autonomous agriculture and plowing in a Unimog
Guest: Richard Bishop, autonomous trucking consultant
Subject: The same autonomy being tested on American highways is already being used in farm fields. Consultant Richard Bishop explains. And we take a ride in the iconic Mercedes-Benz Unimog, the ultimate in severe service vehicles.
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28min
December 13, 2023 An aerodynamic advancement takes wing
Guests:
Mike Hurley, vice president of global business development, ConMet
Daniel Burrows, general manager and vice president, Truck Wings, ConMet
Topic: The recent acquisition of Truck Wings, the fuel-saving, automatic gap-closing technology for tractor-trailers, could make the technology a household name as part of the ConMet portfolio of products. Truck Wings and Truck Labs have been around for a few years and have demonstrated their success in aerodynamic gains.
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29min
December 06, 2023 Fighting to slow California’s emissions-cutting roll
Guest: Jim Mullen, executive director, Clean Freight Coalition
Topic: Major trucking organizations think California and states following its emissions-cutting Advanced Clean Truck and Advanced Clean Fleet rules are moving too fast and potentially threatening fleet businesses. Jim Mullen, executive director of the Clean Freight Coalition, makes the case.
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29min
November 30, 2023 AI’s growing role in autonomous trucking
Guest: Raquel Urtasun, founder and CEO, Waabi Innovation
Topic: The newer players in autonomous trucking are leaning into generative AI as a differentiator for their robotic driving systems. Waabi trains its data to create simulations that might not occur anytime soon in the real world.
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28min
November 22, 2023 A future fuel cell scenario
Guests: Matthias Jurytko, CEO, cellcentric Andreas Gorbach, Daimler Truck head of technology
Topic: Following the successful 650-mile run for its Mercedes-Benz GenH2 fuel cell truck in Germany, the head of the cellcentric joint venture between Daimler Truck and Volvo Group, and Daimler's head of technology shared their thinking on the future of hydrogen fuel cells.
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31min
November 15, 2023 High desert autononomy
Guests:
Joanna Buttler, Daimler Truck head of Global Autonomous Strategy
Peter Vaughn Schmidt, CEO, Torc Robotics
Topic:
The Daimler Truck approach to autonomous trucking is simple: Sell Freightliner trucks to customers and have them order autonomous driving systems from its independent subsidiary Torc Robotics. With specially built preproduction Cascadias now arriving, the road to 2027 commercialization begins in earnest.
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28min
November 01, 2023 Unpacking Mack's electric truck subscription
Guests: George Fotopoulos, Mack Trucks E-Mobility vice president & Scott Barraclough, Mack senior product manager, E-Mobility
Topic: Does a subscription model make sense to win over fence sitters worried about the cost of electric trucks? Mack is going to find out with its offering for the Class 6 and 7 MD Electric.
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FAQs about Truck Tech:

How many episodes does Truck Tech have?

The podcast currently has 116 episodes available.