Truck Tech

Guest: Carlton Rose, chairman, REE Automotive Subject: REE Automotive won an unofficial sweepstakes in luring 43-year UPS veteran Carlton Rose to become the startup's chairman. Rose's deep experience with wannabe technologies is helping REE focus on what matters, and keeping spending in check as it readies commercial offerings of its by-wire electric electric chassis. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast...

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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

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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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...

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...

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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightW...

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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Ot...

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 commercial...

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. Follow the #WithSONAR Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad ch...

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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Lear...

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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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? Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more...

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? Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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? Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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....

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? Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices