AEV Summit

Mixing and matching electric powertrains for medium and heavy-duty truck charging

FreightWaves’ Detroit Bureau Chief Alan Adler interviewing Rakesh Aneja, vice president and chief of eMobility at Daimler Truck North America.

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ second Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Mixing and matching electric powertrains.

DETAILS: Rakesh Aneja knows the limitations of infrastructure for electric trucks. They need more time and power to charge than passenger cars, which is one reason Daimler Truck and two other entities are committing $650 million for medium- and heavy-duty truck charging.

INTERVIEWER AND SPEAKER: FreightWaves’ Detroit Bureau Chief...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mixing-and-matching-electric-powertrains-for-medium-and-heavy-duty-truck-charging

Paving the way for autonomous trucking with Uber Freight

Uber Freight's Olivia Hu discusses autonomous trucking with Kaylee Nix during FreightWaves' Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Summit.

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ second Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit, which took place Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Paving the way for autonomous trucking.

DETAILS: FreightWaves’ Kaylee Nix and Uber Freight’s Olivia Hu discuss the necessity of a deep digital network and strong industry partnerships to create a successful rollout of autonomous vehicle technology.

SPEAKER: Hu is the senior business development manager at Uber Freight.

BIO: Hu manages OEM, AV and EV...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/paving-the-way-for-autonomous-trucking-with-uber-freight

Truck Talk: Autonomous prediction edition

This week, we’re playing back what some participants in the Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit had to say about the sector’s future, chronicling the growth in Nikola’s dealer network and checking out a very cool new Lego ruck.

Summit voices on autonomous trucking’s future

FreightWaves featured a strong lineup of speakers during Wednesday’s Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit. One question that brought divergent answers involved looking at the sector five years out. Will most autonomous...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-talk-autonomous-prediction-edition

AEV Summit: Locomation on path to full autonomy

Locomation CEO talks about the company's convoy system and progress toward full autonomy.

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Critical opportunities on the path to full autonomy

DETAILS: Locomation is a leader in the autonomous space and has a human-guided autonomy solution to aid its clients on the path to full autonomy. Çetin Meriçli, joins FreightWaves President George Abernathy to share updates and discuss the potential operational and financial benefits of adopting this solution and what Locomation sees as the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aev-summit-locomation-on-path-to-full-autonomy

The future is bright for electrification — WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Dooner and The Dude are live from the FreightWaves Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit with a good slate of guests to highlight the bright stars in the autonomy space. They welcome FreightWaves Detroit Bureau Chief Alan Adler answering some viewer questions from today’s event. 

Also on the guest list is Shawn Kerrigan, COO of Plus, who explains where the industry is overall with the rollout of autonomous vehicles and how Plus fits into that AV space. Kerrigan also breaks down Amazon’s choice...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-future-is-bright-for-electrification-what-the-truck

AEV Summit: Embark focuses self-driving tech on big fleets

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Plug-and-play driverless systems 

DETAILS: Embark Trucks has the longest experience — five years — of running self-driving trucks on public highways. It is offering a bolt-on software that can go on any manufacturer’s truck. It envisions commercial fleets having the technology by 2024 — with no safety drivers. This year it announced several advancements, like solving the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aev-summit-embark-focuses-self-driving-tech-on-big-fleets

AEV Summit: Ryder’s Salvail discusses climbing the EV learning curve

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Testing the short-term needs for electric vehicles

DETAILS: Electrification is a learning curve for commercial fleets and OEMs. One of the leading players, Ryder System Inc. (NYSE:R), is testing the waters with electrified vehicles. Ryan Salvail, who is at the forefront of Ryder’s EV efforts, says the landscape is both embryonic and evolutionary. Production at a meaningful scale has yet to begin. There may be substantial up-front costs to convert fleets to electrification....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aev-summit-ryders-salvail-discusses-climbing-the-ev-learning-curve

AEV Summit: Proterra rarity among electrification startups — it makes money

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit on Wednesday.

KEYNOTE CHAT TOPIC: Breaking the chicken-and-egg challenge in electrification

DETAILS: Proterra got its start making electric transit buses but in recent years has expanded its scope to include making batteries and providing charging infrastructure. Buses are still the main business but the future lies in enabling electric vehicles to stay on the road.

SPEAKER:

Jack Allen, CEO and chairman, Proterra...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aev-summit-proterra-rarity-among-electrification-startups-it-makes-money

AEV Summit: Navistar and TuSimple on track for 2024 launch

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit on Wednesday.

KEYNOTE CHAT TOPIC: The road to autonomous commercialization

DETAILS: Navistar and TuSimple shortened the timeline to autonomous trucking commercialization a year ago when they announced a partnership to put a Level 4 high-autonomy Class 8 truck into production in 2024. The executives leading the effort discuss the challenges to meeting the goal, which both believe is realistic.

SPEAKERS:

Srinivas...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aev-summit-navistar-and-tusimple-on-track-for-2024-launch

AEV Summit: Redundant safety systems key to market-ready robot trucks

This fireside chat is from FreightWaves’ Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Working to get Level 4 autonomous trucks on the road

DETAILS: Autonomous trucks must have redundant safety systems or not be done at all,Torc Robotics’ Michael Fleming told FreightWaves’ Alan Adler at the Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit on Wednesday.

SPEAKER: Fleming is the CEO of Torc Robotics. 

BIO:  Fleming co-founded Torc Robotics — now an independent subsidiary of Daimler...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aev-summit-redundant-safety-systems-key-to-market-ready-robot-trucks

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