FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Early experiences with battery-electric fleets.
DETAILS: Bill Bleim of NFI Industries was involved in the very early tests of Class 8 electric trucks. Bleim knows their limitations and what roles they perform best. Rob Reich of Schneider has less experience, but both companies are proving where electrified transportation fits in the heavy-duty freight world.
SPEAKERS: Bill Bliem, senior vice president of fleet services at NFI; and Rob Reich, EVP and chief administrative...
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ second Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit, which took place Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Building the trucking industry’s most advanced self-driving technology.
DETAILS: There is talk about electric and autonomous trucks individually, but what about having both in one vehicle? Kodiak Technologies focuses on autonomy, but hopes to one day, with the help of professionals on the electric side of the industry, combine these two ideas into an...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/kodiak-robotics-ceo-on-advanced-self-driving-technology
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ second Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit, which took place Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How Cummins is working to build a customized portfolio of powertrain solutions for AV manufacturers.
DETAILS: A discussion on how Cummins is creating plug-and-play powertrain solutions so AV manufacturers can focus on their core business.
SPEAKER: J. Michael Taylor, general manager-global powertrain integration at Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI).
BIO: With nearly...
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to some of the brightest minds in the industry to discuss the accelerating pace of electrification and autonomous trucking.
What are the policy implications of electric and autonomous vehicles? How can AI and simulations offer a safer way forward for the development of autonomous trucking? All these questions and more answered!
They’re joined by Don Burnette, Co-Founder & CEO at Kodiak Robotics; Matt Horton, CEO at Voltera; Wiley Deck, VP of...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-the-truck-live-from-freightwaves-aev-summit
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ second Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit, which took place Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Using AI to improve testing for self-driving
DETAILS: A discussion on how AI and simulation provide safer options to traditional testing.
SPEAKER: Raquel Urtasun, founder and CEO at Waabi, a company that is building a trainable self-driving system using AI.
BIO: Urtasun has 20 years of experience in AI, with the past decade spent building self-driving...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/upgraded-testing-may-be-key-to-advancing-self-driving-evolution
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ second Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit on Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Building hydrogen fueling infrastructure from pipelines and electrolyzers to stations.
DETAILS: The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) promotes the production of low-carbon hydrogen, which is good news for Nikola Motor Corp., which wants to produce and sell the fuel for long-distance trucks in North America. Pablo Koziner talks about the IRA and the rest of Nikola’s lineup...
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ second Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit, which took place Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC:Policy implications for electric and autonomous vehicles.
DETAILS: Federal and state policy makers are preparing to roll out rules and guidelines governing autonomous vehicles, and Congress recently approved new climate legislation. Both will have cost and market implications for truck fleets and drivers. In this fireside chat, ACT Research’s Ann Rundle...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/policy-changes-on-horizon-for-autonomous-and-electric-trucks
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ second Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit, which took place Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The new driver assistant: How AI will make trucking easier for those who drive the most.
DETAILS: FreightWaves’ Thomas Wasson and Shawn Kerrigan, COO and co-founder of Plus, discuss the company’s overall commercialization strategy to offer a full suite from semi-autonomous technology today to its future goal of offering fully autonomous solutions.
SPEAKER:...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/plus-coo-talks-future-of-self-driving-trucks
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ second Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit on Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Electrifying the last mile.
DETAILS: From common misconceptions to challenges for adoption and everything in between, the discussion covers everything EVs, including zero-emissions vans, electric powertrains and charging stations.
INTERVIEWER AND SPEAKER: FreightWaves’ Jack Daleo interviews Lightning eMotors CEO Tim Reeser.
BIO: Lightning designs and manufactures...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/electrifying-the-last-mile
As free money, day traders and even sports bettors piled into special purpose acquisition companies during the pandemic, the structure intended to bring small companies public began to erode, creating carnage of some unready for Wall Street scrutiny.
“There are some great examples of winners being made. Unfortunately, there’s a number of examples of losers that haven’t gotten the job done,” Vince Cubbage, CEO of Tortoise Acquisition Corp., said in a keynote at FreightWaves’ Autonomous and...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/deconstructing-the-spac-frenzy-what-went-right-and-wrong