Guest: Daniel Barel, co-founder and CEO, Ree Automotive Topic: By-wire trucking technology company advances toward production amid air raids and bomb shelter stays in war-torn Israel Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Follow the Taking The Hire Road Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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-...
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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest: Steve Girsky, CEO, Nikola Topic: Nikola's financial future is still far from assured but interest is growing in the electric truck maker as it delivers on its promises of fuel cell trucks and hydrogen distribution to fill them. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest: Tyler Duvall, co-founder and CEO, Cavnue Topic: The federal highway system has not had a major overhaul in 70 years beyond physical upgrades. Startup Cavnue thinks sensor technology could make a big difference in safety and performance. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest: Matt Zimmer, president, Zengistics Topic: Whether it's reducing the number of loads or helping a company decide where to locate its next distribution site, Zengistics applies Turvo-driven apps to help shippers save on total cost of ownership. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest: Ted McKlveen, co-founder and CEO, Verne Topic: The prospects for hydrogen as a transportation fuel improve by packing more energy into a kilogram of the element. Startup Verne expects to demonstrate a long-haul truck using its super-cold hydrogen storage technology by the end of the year. The industry is watching. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest: Londonne Corder, Outrider chief marketing officer Topic: Dirty and dangerous distribution yards have great potential for automation. Outrider is leading those efforts at its test site near Denver where FreightWaves was invited to for a behind-the-scenes look. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest: Kurt Neutgens, co-founder and chief technology officer, Orange EV Topic: Distribution yards are a sweet spot for heavy-duty electric trucks. They cost more up front, but they have a fast payback and unmatched durability with 98% uptime in the case of Orange EV. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest: Dakota Semler, co-founder and CEO, Xos Topic: Xos cut a third of its workforce, halved its operating expense and raised $50 million in capital by acquiring moribund Electrameccanica -- all in the name of creating a sustainable EV business that could help environmental sustainability. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest: BJ Johnson, co-founder and CEO, ClearFlame Topic: Changing just 5% of the parts of a diesel engine and burning denatured ethanol instead of diesel can cut CO2 emissions by at least 45%, a scalable technology that could wedge its way between diesel and electrification. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest: Chad Dittberner, Werner Enterprises senior vice president Van/Expedited division Topic: If its a new technology for freight movement, Werner Enterprises has tested it. When it comes to electric trucks, the company sees them as a niche product for certain use cases, not a widespread solution. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest: Apeksha Kumavat, Gatik co-founder and chief engineer Topic: With no competitors in the rearview mirror, Gatik is building its lead in short-haul, middle-mile autonomous trucking toward mass production with Isuzu in 2027. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest: Salim Youssefzadeh, CEO, WattEV Topic: Startup WattEV is expanding its fleet of electric Class 8 trucks to 180 from 26 by the end of the year and opening more high-power charging sites. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest: John O’Leary, Daimler Truck North America CEO Topic: The burgeoning Advanced Clean Truck Expo moves into Las Vegas with hydrogen getting another boost from a surprising source and debate over the near-term future of electric trucks. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Isuzu and Gatik will build medium-duty autonomous trucks for sale around 2027, expanding the use of Isuzu’s F-Series as the basis for the middle mile driverless trucks Gatik operates in Texas and Ontario, Canada. Japan’s Isuzu is also investing $30 million in Gatik. Oh, and there’s a new version of Isuzu’s craft beer truck, too. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The transition from diesel fuel to electric propulsion will not spare autonomous trucks. Daimler Truck pulled together a demonstration of what that might look like by combining its Class 8 eCascadia with Torc Robotics driverless system. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When your flagship truck is 90% new, opportunities abound to make improvements. Connectivity -- from integration of a MyTruck app to the ability for the Volvo VNL to call for help in an emergency are just two ways Volvo accomplished this. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hyliion’s linear generator technology holds promise for efficiently producing low-emissions electricity for electric vehicle charging and a host of other applications. The challenge is successfully scaling 3D printing for parts so intricate they could not be made any other way. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest: Brent Yeagy, president and CEO, Wabash Topic: Wabash’s renaming and reorganization into two business units along with fresh thinking on strategic customer relationships is paying off for the company, which sees broad applications for its EcoNex structural material composites across transportation modes. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest: Charlie Freeze, Executive director of GM Hydrotec Topic: With more than a half century of hydrogen fuel cell development, General Motors is finally making commercial strides with potential customers. The more power-hungry the project, the more the automaker sees its value Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest: Patrick Macdonald-King, CEO, Greenlane Topic: Building out an electric infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty trucks will take a lot of players and a lot of money. Daimler Truck North America, NextEra Energy and BlackRock Climate Infrastructure have committed more than $650 million to that end. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
