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:

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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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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23min
October 25, 2023 Helping small fleets buy electric trucks
Guest: Niki Okuk, Deputy Director, Calstart
Topic: California has an effective incentive program for electric truck buyers -- using pollution fines to help buy down the cost of battery-electric models. The target is now shifting to often underserved small fleets.
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29min
October 19, 2023Dispatches from Austin
Guests:
Rebecca Brewster, president, American Transportation Research Institute
Jai Ranganathan, chief product officer, Motive
Keith Brandis, Volvo Trucks North America vice president of partnerships

Topic: The American Trucking Associations Management Conference and Exhibition is not known as a technology show. But there was plenty of it
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October 11, 2023 Simplifying connected trucks
Guest: Jake Fields, co-founder and chief technology officer, Platform Science
Topic: The Virtual Vehicle from Platform Science continues to attract major OEMs and large fleets with the simple idea of running everything a truck driver and the back office needs on a single platform.
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29min
October 04, 2023 Startups get a hand up at Volvo’s CampX
Guest: Helene Niklasson, head of Volvo CampX
Topic: Finding and incubating the best young startups and validating their ideas is helping Volvo Group solve challenges in electromobility, manufacturing and sustainability.
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26min
September 13, 2023 Taking electric trucking for granted
Guest: Salim Youssefzadeh, CEO, WattEV
Topic: WattEV is all about using other people’s money -- specifically generous grants for electric trucks and infrastructure -- to build its business. So far, it’s a winning formula.
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28min
September 07, 2023 Clearing the hurdles to electric charging
Guests: Mark Esguerra, director of distribution planning and strategy, Southern California Edison, and Tom Ashley, Voltera vice president of government and utility relations
Topic: Utilities often get fingers pointed at them for the lagging development of electric infrastructure for commercial vehicles. But are they really to blame?
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FAQs about Truck Tech:

How many episodes does Truck Tech have?

The podcast currently has 120 episodes available.