Workhorse has twice squandered a first-mover advantage in battery-electric step vans. Can it put the ball in play or is this the company’s third strike? Alan is joined by Rick Dauch, CEO Workhorse Group.

The Advanced Clean Transportation Expo by all accounts is the must-attend industry show as trucking transitions to zero emissions and carbon neutrality. Join Alan Adler has he covers wide range of topics with multiple top of the industry guests. 1. Erik Neandross, CEO, Gladstein, Neandross and Associates 2. Matt Horton, Founding CEO, Voltera Power 3. Carey Mendes, President, Energy, Nikola Corp 4. Mark Freymueller, Senior Vice President Commercial Vehicle Business Innovation, Hyundai Motor Co. 5. Ken Ramirez, Global Executive Vice President, Head of Global Commercial Vehicle and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Business 6. Daniel Barel, CEO, REE Automotive

With hydrogen fuel cells eligible for significant incentives, Hyzon Motors CEO Parker Meeks looks forward, including to a pilot with hybrid powertrain maker Hyliion Holdings.

Autonomous trucking generates a lot of headlines. It isn’t a viable business yet. And a shakeout of players continues. Chris Urmson, truly part of the old guard in autonomy and the co-founder and CEO of Aurora Innovation, offers his perspective.

Guests: Angus Pacala, co-founder and CEO, Ouster Inc. and Sam Abuelsamid, principal analyst, Guidehouse Insights Topic: The vast world of lidar suppliers all want to be the perception technology of choice for autonomous vehicles. It’s doubtful they all will survive the shakeout already underway. 

Alan hosts Mike Ramsey, Vice President and Analyst, Automotive and Smart Mobility at Gartner Inc. in the lastest episode of Truck Tech.

As Gatik prepares to autonomously move groceries around Dallas for Kroger, Truck Tech catches up on the middle-mile driverless business with Gatik co-founder and CEO Gautam Narang.

Truck Tech reports the latest from the Work Truck Week event in Indianapolis with Shyft Group CEO Daryl Adams talking about the reveal of a new version of the Blue Arc Class 5 electric truck; from-the-floor look at Work Truck Week with Antti Lindstrom of S&P Global Mobility and the story behind the rebranding of Cummins New Power division as Accelera with Cummins CEO Jennifer Rumsey and Accelera by Cummins President Amy Davis.

Truck Tech explores the ready-or-not state of electric truck charging with a look at the North American Council for Freight Efficiency’s Run on Less Electric Depot program. What will it take to charge 15 or more trucks with behind-the-fence infrastructure?

Jose Samperio, Executive Director and General Manager of Cummins North America On-Highway business and Andrew Wrobel, powertrain analyst with Rhein Associates Truck Tech explores the future of trucking powertrains focusing on Cummins’ announcement that it is retiring two legacy powertrains in favor of a smaller-displacement engine capable of serving medium- and heavy-duty truck customers.

Truck Tech explores prospects for a hydrogen economy with Nikola Energy President Carey Mendes and Hexagon Purus CEO Morten Holum.