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Freight Efficiency With NACFE’s Mike Roeth & Friends is a regular podcast series that focuses on current technologies and practices that help fleets achieve the best possible freight efficiency for their given application. It also will provide insight into emerging technologies such as electric and autonomous vehicles and their potential impact on freight efficiency. NACFE’s Executive Director, Mike Roeth, will interview executives from the trucking industry and other parties that are interested in improving the overall efficiency and sustainability of goods movement in North America, which includes currently available technologies as well as emerging technologies such as electric and autonomous vehicles. If you would like to suggest a topic for this podcast, please contact Denise Rondini, NACFE’s communications director at denise.rondini@nacfe.org
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Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Ep. 8: Jay Lau – TuSimple
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Jay Lau, director of transportation at TuSimple, explains the company’s path to providing the trucking industry with Level 4 autonomous vehicles and the technology those need, shares what he believes people think when they hear the words “self-driving trucks” and addresses concerns about drivers’ role in an autonomous future.
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Dr. Andrew Brown, Jr., former vice president and chief technologist at Delphi Automotive Systems, explains the role of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and shared what he hopes are the biggest takeaways from Phase 2 report on reducing fuel consumption in medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Ep. 6: Kevin Otto and Dave Schaller – NACFE Team
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
NACFE team members Kevin Otto and Dave Schaller talk about their long careers in the trucking industry, their involvement with NACFE, the organization’s role as an unbiased source of information for existing and emerging technologies, and offer advice to young people who are thinking of coming into the trucking industry.
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Ep. 5: Ned Harvey – Rocky Mountain Institute
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Ned Harvey, managing director at Rocky Mountain Institute, talks about the work of RMI in securing a cleaner future, the trucking industry’s role in that cleaner future, what’s meant by a climate constrained world, the future of goods movements in a climate constrained world as well as the “coolness” of trucking.