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27:08

Isuzu’s 40th anniversary and an autonomous truck...

Truck Tech ·

2024/05/15

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

24:20

Daimler marries autonomy with a battery-electric truck

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2024/05/09

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

24:53

Rewiring The Volvo VNL Improves Connectivity For...

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2024/05/01

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

23:24

A tour of Hyliion’s second-chance Karno generator...

Truck Tech ·

2024/04/17

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

25:39

Wabash smoothing the ups-and-downs of the trailer...

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2024/04/11

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

27:14

An Inside Look At Gm’s Fuel Cell Lab

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2024/04/03

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

27:33

The Greenlane approach to electric truck charging

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2024/03/27

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

15:02

Behind the scenes at Workhorse plant in Indiana

Truck Tech ·

2024/03/20

Guests: Brad Hartzel, Workhorse vice president, Manufacturing Services and Rick Dauch, Workhorse Group CEO Topic: Workhorse is on the bubble financially, but its refurbished horse ranch-themed plant in Union City, Indiana, is ready to scale production if orders for its new W56 electric step van materialize against a slowdown in EV adoption. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25:53

Up close with Cummins CEO Jennifer Rumsey

Truck Tech ·

2024/03/13

Guest: Jennifer Rumsey, chair and CEO, Cummins Inc. Topic: In her nearly two years as CEO, Jennifer Rumsey has guided engine maker and power provider Cummins Inc. through challenges domestic and global, from navigating an ever-changing business climate in China to agreeing to pay nearly $2 billion in penalties for Clean Air Act violations even as the company focuses on its Destination Zero plan for carbon neutrality by 2050. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about

26:38

Powertrain particulars of Volvo's new VNL

Truck Tech ·

2024/03/07

Guest: Duane Tegels, VTNA powertrain product marketing manager Topic: Aerodynamics account for about 80% of the fuel efficiency gains in the new Volvo VNL, but engine improvements also contributed while helping usher in better performance and durability for the company's flagship over-the-road truck. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24:30

Preparing for a renewable natural gas surge

Truck Tech ·

2024/02/29

Guest: Eric Bippus, Hexagon Agility EVP, Sales and Systems Development Topic: Natural gas as a transportation fuel typically accounts for 1% to 2% of the Class 8 market. That may be about to rise to fivefold, and tank maker ad fuel system developer Hexagon Agility is getting ready. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25:48

Bringing military autonomy technology to distribution...

Truck Tech ·

2024/02/28

Guest: John Araujo, CEO, ForterraTopic: With decades of experience in military applications, Forterra -- formerly Robotic Research -- is expanding into distribution yard autonomy where robotic yard tractors can precisely park twice as many trailers as human drivers. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29:41

Exploring the Volvo VNL’s 90% makeover

Truck Tech ·

2024/02/15

Guest: Chris Stadler, VTNA program marketing manager, Long Haul Topic: Work on the new Volvo VNL long-haul truck began a year before the current version debuted in 2017. It is about 90% new and will be the platform for future autonomous, electrified and hydrogen fuel cell models. Follow the Truck Tech Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

26:59

REE Automotive chairman infuses start-up technology...

Truck Tech ·

2024/02/07

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 Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25:39

An Outsider's Inside Job at Nikola

Truck Tech ·

2024/01/31

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/adchoices

23:22

Aurora And Continental’s Plan For Scaling Autonomous...

Truck Tech ·

2024/01/25

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26:07

Paccar’s Deliberate Approach To Advanced Technology

Truck Tech ·

2024/01/18

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

27:44

Autonomous agriculture and plowing in a Unimog

Truck Tech ·

2023/12/21

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/adchoices

28:04

An aerodynamic advancement takes wing

Truck Tech ·

2023/12/13

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. Follow the Truck Tech

28:22

Fighting to slow California’s emissions-cutting roll

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2023/12/06

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 FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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