On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about the CHIPS Act and what it means for ports and the auto industry. Bill Doyle, Executive Director at Maryland Port Administration, leads the top port in the nation for handling automobiles, light trucks, farm and construction machinery. He’s here to fill us in on what’s rolling off the ro-ros.
School is back in session, football is back and College Hype is here for it. We’ll do a deep dive with the Boston-based apparel brand on how their...
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are going inside and outside the pump as we look at how truck stops work and the tech behind the pump. We’ll learn about what the future holds for fuels and charging as well as what the truck stop of the near future will look like.
Plus, a freight market breakdown, best of a Truck Driver Appreciation Week and this week in news.
With special guests Jonathan Overly, executive director, coordinator at ETCleanFuels; Allen Goetz, market development manager at...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-stop-logistics-and-the-future-of-fuels
Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? newsletter. In this issue, truckers honking for kids; a season of no peak; iPhone 14 adds crash rescue feature; surgery performed via EV; and more.
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Winter is coming — Labor Day has come and gone with nary a blip on dry van spot rates and tender rejects. Although the great spring spot market slide of ’22 has slowed its pace over the summer, any hope for a fall/winter uptick is looking dire. The Logistics Managers’ Index (the index of the cool...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/do-truckers-still-honk-for-the-kids
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
On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner and The Dude are talking to Hyliion CEO Thomas Healy about the 3D-printed mixed-fuel generator technology the company bought from GE. What’s it do, how does it work and will it put the company in the fast lane for zero-emissions OTR trucking?
If you’ve ever googled John Deere and right to repair, you know what this next segment is about. Diesel Laptops CEO Tyler Robertson talks about its battles against big OEMs for democratizing diagnostics.
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On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about the true cost of ownership for battery electric trucks. While many OEMs have promised huge fuel savings, you may be surprised to see just how much early adopters are paying to charge up their trucks.
Alan Adler, Detroit bureau chief at FreightWaves, discusses BEV truck cost of ownership concerns, Nikola getting a third CEO in two years and GE’s stake in Hyliion.
It’s pastageddon on America’s highways as trucks spill hundreds of thousands...
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to CarrierSource CEO and founder Rob Light about building the Yelp for carriers. Light thinks it’s BS that some sites only collect negative reviews. We’ll find out how he plans to build a business around a more balanced look at carriers.
We are going to the moon … eventually. A crack on an engine has left Artemis 1 on Earth until Friday. FreightWaves reporter Jeremy Kariuki is on the scene in Cape Canaveral, Florida. We’ll find out what’s next...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/yelp-for-carriers-artemis-launch-delay-and-how-ltl-works
On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner and The Dude are preparing you for liftoff. NASA’s Artemis 1 mission is a go for launch on Monday as we return to the moon! We’ll learn all about the SLS rocket and the logistics behind the mission from Trey Cate, the Space Launch System deputy strat comm manager at NASA.
Brett Suma, CEO at Loadsmith, shares a new app for drivers and the latest on truckload markets.
Jason Gillespie, senior director of continuous improvement and innovation at DHL...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/logistics-of-the-sls-rocket-and-artemis-1-moon-launch-with-nasa
The trucking industry is highly cyclical, and each cycle has its own challenges. In the past few years, demand has been high due to challenges related to the many shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, the driver shortage.
However, while freight demand is still present, the industry is seeing a softening. But according to Spencer Hennigar, vice president of sales at Convoy, this particular softening demand cycle has proved to be a little different from those in the past.
“One...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-benefits-of-transparency-and-technology-in-a-softening-market
On tonight’s special live in-person episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner and The Dude are joined by AWS global segment leader Manish Govil and StratusGrid CEO Chris Hurst. Join them and 100 other attendees as they talk about cloud innovation, the logistics behind Prime Day and Tennessee as an...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-the-truck-after-dark-with-aws-and-stratusgrid