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.

Guests: Mike Plasencia, Ryder System Inc., and Sam Saad, Gatik Inc. Video from Daimler Truck North America’s reveal of its Super Truck 2 prototype at Manifest in Las Vegas and a discussion on lessons learned by Ryder and Gatik in working together on middle-mile autonomous trucking plus Ryder’s perspective on its partnerships with multiple Class 8 autonomous trucking startups.

FreightWaves Midwest Bureau Chief Alan Adler welcomes Guidehouse Insights analyst Sam Abuelsamid to take a look at what's coming in the trucking technology space in 2023. They discuss where the transformation to electrification and autonomous trucking move this year, as well as some other predictions.

FreightWaves’ Alan Adler covers the latest in trucking technology news and interviews Rebecca Brewster, president and chief operating officer of the American Transportation Research Institute on Truck Tech.

FreightWaves’ Alan Adler covers the latest in trucking technology news and interviews John O’Leary, CEO Of Daimler Truck North America, in the first weekly episode of Truck Tech.