Alan Adler

Conversations with Dusty: AeroPress founder Alan Adler

Welcome to Conversations with Dusty, a regular column where Bitcadet founder Dusty Dean speaks with senior executives about their experience selling direct to their customers, major challenges, and lessons learned along the way.

A Conversation with Alan Adler, founder of AeroPress

If you’re a coffee lover like me, you’ve heard of (and probably own) AeroPress, one of the most popular coffee brewers on the market. Not only does it make a great cup of coffee each time, AeroPress is environmentally...

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Autonomous commercialization needs all hands on deck, especially in California

As autonomous technology develops, the regulatory environment ⁠— both state and federal ⁠— seems to be slowing the urgency on these efforts. However, during last week’s FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience, Detroit Bureau Chief Alan Adler spoke with Jim Mullen, chief administrative officer at self-driving startup TuSimple, who boldly declared that the commercialization of autonomous trucks will be finalized in 2024. 

For the last year and a half, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/autonomous-commercialization-needs-all-hands-on-deck-especially-in-california

What is renewable fuels’ role in trucking’s future? — Net-Zero Carbon

The freight industry has a massive problem of inefficiency – it’s called empty miles.35% of trucks on the road today are driving empty, and our environment is paying the price with millions of CO2 metric tons of emissions wasted every year. Be part of the solution with Convoy. Visit convoy.com/sustainability

On this episode of Net-Zero Carbon, FreightWaves Director of Carbon Intelligence Tyler Cole sits down with Detroit Bureau Chief Alan Adler to talk about fitting renewable fuels into the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-is-renewable-fuels-role-in-truckings-future-net-zero-carbon

The Light Load: Whistling past the autonomous truck yard

Sometime before “The Fast and the Furious” hits peak geriatric and starts making the rounds on TCM alongside the original“Fast/Fur,” autonomous trucks will become as ubiquitous as “Free ice water at Wall Drug” signs on I-90.

But I predict that prior to those unmanned semis searing into our consciousness like hot dogs and boiled eggs in clabbered bouillon, motorists will for a time feel an eerie bestartlement when they pass a sleek rig and look up to discover no one is behind the wheel. (And no,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-light-load-whistling-past-the-autonomous-truck-yard

When will capacity stop crunching? — Freightonomics

The crunch for any type of capacity is still putting pressure on markets across the country, with no end in sight, Anthony Smith and Zach Strickland help break down why it is continuing.

On this episode of Freightonomics, they welcome FreightWaves Detroit Bureau Chief Alan Adler to discuss everything from Class 8 truck orders to OEM supply chain problems to labor shortages. 

First up, Strickland and Smith debate meme-onomics and highlight some of the best freight memes to hit the internet this...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/when-will-capacity-stop-crunching-freightonomics

Product returns, AVs and big environmental impacts — Midday Market Update

MMU 11/24

On this episode of Midday Market Update, Kaylee Nix and Michael Vincent look at the changes coming to the renewable fuel market and what one company is doing to mitigate waste from oversize product returns.

First in headlines, Andrew Cox discusses UPS’ Q1 earnings explosion, the evidence pointing toward the possibility of a record year for motor carriers, Lyft’s sell-off to a Toyota subsidiary and Target’s big gamble on e-commerce ordering.

Zach Strickland breaks down the trucking market and uses...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/product-returns-avs-and-big-environmental-impacts-midday-market-update

Infrastructure gains and economic recovery — Midday Market Update

MMU 11/24

On this episode of Midday Market Update, Kaylee Nix is joined by Andrew Cox to talk about how changes in the trucking world are reflected in the overall economic landscape. 

In headlines, President Biden has revealed trucking jobs account for 20% of his infrastructure plan; McCormick is returning inventory back to pre-pandemic levels in grocery stores; and Arrival is using a unique approach of microfactories to level up in the electrification game. 

Nix and Cox welcomed Rolf Reksten, vice...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/infrastructure-gains-and-economic-recovery-midday-market-update