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Carrier relationships vital to deploying autonomous technologies

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Autonomous truck technology’s impact on fleet growth. 

DETAILS: Andrew Culhane, chief strategy officer at Torc, chats with Thomas Wasson, FreightWaves enterprise trucking carrier expert, about how autonomous technology is changing the fleet landscape and about pilot programs with the nation’s largest truckload carriers. Torc is an independent subsidiary of Daimler.

KEY QUOTES FROM ANDREW...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/carrier-relationships-vital-to-deploying-autonomous-technologies

Get down to basics to attract drivers

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Attracting and retaining top talent: Understanding what drivers seek in a company 

DETAILS: In a competitive market for drivers, using basic communication capabilities to make solo operators feel that they are being supported is critical, says Sadie Church, vice president of driver relations at Artur Express.

KEY QUOTES FROM SADIE CHURCH:

“The top three factors are pay, home time, how many...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/get-down-to-basics-to-attract-drivers

Reaching the next level of fleet-safety AI

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The promise of onboard video for long-term fleet safety.

DETAILS: Protection from litigation stemming from truck crash accidents has been a major driver for dashcams and other onboard video devices, but a priority on fleet safety is pushing adoption of such technology in other ways that protect drivers and their carriers’ businesses, according to Jesse Chappell, global business development...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/reaching-the-next-level-of-fleet-safety-ai

Weak freight market has had varied impacts on driver wage trends

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How understanding wage data can help enterprise fleets stay competitive.

DETAILS: Two years ago, companies were dishing out driver wage increases like candy on Halloween. Leah Shaver, the president of the National Transportation Institute, which gathers huge amounts of data on driver compensation, talks about the trends she is seeing in driver pay in these tougher times.

KEY QUOTES FROM SHAVER:

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/weak-freight-market-has-had-varied-impacts-on-driver-wage-trends