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Roehl Transport's VP of Technology John Paape joins Travis with an update on the Rev 8 ELD. John talks about the plan to equip the rest of our driving teammates with the new Truck PCs, and he shares how this investment in hardware and software create benefits for our drivers. John also covers other topics, like AI at Roehl, MirrorEye®, Drivewyze®, cybersecurity and more. As a leader in the transportation industry, John's team is on the forefront of delivering technology solutions to the members of TeamRoehl. John Paape was named a 2024 Fleet Innovator by Heavy Duty Trucking, and he's regularly asked to share his insights as a guest on panels, at conferences and on other programs. Roehl Transport is one of North America's safest trucking companies. Grow with us - we are hiring for driving jobs (find truck driving jobs near you) and careers that support our driving teammates!Learn more about Roehl Transport and how having a CEO who is also a driver impacts our driving teammates through profit sharing, address-to-address practical route mileage, and our Dynamic Pay Plans that better compensate a driver for his or her time.
Please join us for this episode with Ali Javidan, Founder and CEO of Range Energy, a startup building an electrified truck trailer solution to help reduce carbon emissions and increase safety in heavy duty trucking. Ali started his career as a race engineer which eventually led him to be one of the first engineers at Tesla designing the roadster and sparking his interest in electric vehicles. This is a great episode as we dive into the benefits Range Energy's trailer solution creates for customers, the business model Range Energy is pursuing as well as Ali's general thoughts on the future of clean transportation among other topics. This is a great chance to hear first hand from an entrepreneur how they are disrupting an established industry so be sure to give this episode a like if you enjoyed it.
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John Paape, Roehl's VP of Technology, joins Travis and Tim Norlin (VP of Driver Employment) to share updates on the Rev 8 ELD through DriverTech and other topics, including Roehl's Driver Advisory Group, cybersecurity, and truck and trailer safety updates.As a leader in the transportation industry, John's team is on the forefront of delivering solutions to the members of TeamRoehl. John Paape was recently named a Fleet Innovator by Heavy Duty Trucking and he was also featured on an episode of the Tech Titans Podcast.Roehl Transport is one of North America's safest trucking companies. Grow with us - we are hiring for driving jobs (find truck driving jobs near you) and careers that support our driving teammates!Learn more about Roehl Transport and how having a CEO who is also a driver impacts our driving teammates through profit sharing, address-to-address practical route mileage, and our Dynamic Pay Plans that better compensate a driver for his or her time.
The editors of Heavy Duty Trucking, and hosts of HDT Talks Trucking, come together to talk about their top stories of 2022 in this special editorial panel episode. This episode is sponsored by Citgo. Learn more at citgolubes.com Throughout the year HDT Talks Trucking has been covering the top story each month in our Behind the News segment, those picks were based on website analytics data, but in this episode, we bring together our top editors to see what has stuck out to them the most in the industry, and in their own reporting. Welcome HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge, Senior Contributing Editor Jack Roberts, Equipment Editor Jim Park and Managing Editor Vesna Brajkovic. In this episode, we discuss: AB5: The end of the owner-operator business model as we know it. Truck electrification: The realization that it's not going to be easy or cheap to electrify the Class 8 trucking industry Alternative fuels developments Autonomous trucking: What do shake-ups in the self-driving truck world mean for the industry?
Smart trailers, the internet of things, cloud computing, APIs … if this all makes your head swim, this episode of HDT Leadership Insights explores how these technologies can come together to help fleet managers effectively use the reams of data available to them today. This episode of HDT's Leadership Insights video podcast is sponsored by, and produced in partnership with Clarience Technologies. Deborah Lockridge, editor in chief, Heavy Duty Trucking, talks to Nada Jiddou, executive vice president of Clarience Technologies and general manager of Road Ready, about: Smart trailers Breakdowns Internet of things Cloud computing APIs Putting it all together
Heavy-duty, long-haul trucks - known as Class 8 trucks - account for more than 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions worldwide each year.Electrification, while a practical option for most of the trucking industry (see last week's episode), is not yet as feasible for long-haul Class 8 trucks. | What options might exist to decarbonize heavy-duty trucking in the short and medium term, if not with electrification?Climate Now spoke with two entrepreneurs whose companies are developing alternative technologies to reduce heavy-duty transport emissions: Bav Roy, co-founder and COO of Verne, a start-up optimizing hydrogen storage for fuel cell trucks; and Paul Gross, the co-CEO and co-founder of Remora, a startup that captures carbon from the exhaust pipe of trucks.Listen now as we explore the challenges and growth opportunities for these two technologies, infrastructure considerations, and more.Chapters:00:15 Heavy-duty emissions1:44 Verne Hydrogen introduction6:03 Remora Carbon Capture introduction7:14 Why it's hard to decarbonize trucking9:35 Why use fuel cells?12:23 Verne technology14:50 Remora technology22:08 Verne market timeline27:05 Remora market timeline29:35 Wrap-up discussion with hosts Darren and James
Welcome to The Hydrogen Podcast!In episode 073, Hyzon Motors going big on their heavy duty truck delivery, Caterpillar announcing some big news in rail lines. And Germany is liking what they're seeing in turquoise hydrogen, all of this on today's hydrogen podcast. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy the podcast. Please feel free to email me at info@thehydrogenpodcast.com with any questions. Also, if you wouldn't mind subscribing to my podcast using your preferred platform... I would greatly appreciate it. Respectfully,Paul RoddenVISIT THE HYDROGEN PODCAST WEBSITEhttps://thehydrogenpodcast.comCHECK OUT OUR BLOGhttps://thehydrogenpodcast.com/blog/WANT TO SPONSOR THE PODCAST? Send us an email to: info@thehydrogenpodcast.comNEW TO HYDROGEN AND NEED A QUICK INTRODUCTION?Start Here: The 6 Main Colors of Hydrogen
One aspect of the supply chain I haven't talked about for a while is logistics, so I invited John Tillison onto the podcast. John is Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing for A. Duie Pyle, a US based logistics company. We talked about the impact of the pandemic on the logistics industry.Also, because A. Duie Pyle has been recently recognised by Heavy Duty Trucking for having one of the Top Green Fleets, for the 5th year in a row, we talked about some of their hybrid, and electric trucks.This was a really interesting episode of the podcast. I thoroughly enjoyed it, I learned loads, and I hope you do too.If you have any comments/suggestions or questions for the podcast - feel free to leave me a voice message over on my SpeakPipe page or just send it to me as a direct message on Twitter/LinkedIn. Audio messages will get played (unless you specifically ask me not to).To learn more about how Industry 4.0 technologies can help your organisation read the 2020 global research study 'The Power of change from Industry 4.0 in manufacturing' (https://www.sap.com/cmp/dg/industry4-manufacturing/index.html)And if you want to know more about any of SAP's Digital Supply Chain solutions, head on over to www.sap.com/digitalsupplychain and if you liked this show, please don't forget to rate and/or review it. It makes a big difference to help new people discover it. Thanks.And remember, stay healthy, stay safe, stay sane!
Our latest episode of McLeod Insights is a conversation from McLeod’s recent Virtual User Conference, featuring Lindsey Graves, COO of Sunset Transportation, and Deborah Lockridge, Editor-in-Chief of Heavy Duty Trucking. Deborah interviewed Lindsey to discuss her work as a leader in a family-owned business, and how Sunset Transportation uses McLeod Software to improve their daily operations.
What do maintenance data, safety technology, and more efficient pup trailers have in common? They’re all tactics taken by HDT’s 2020 Truck Fleet Innovators. Heavy Duty Trucking has presented its Innovator awards annually since 2006. They recognize fleet executives for their leadership role in fostering innovation in their companies and the industry. The hunt for the winners of this year's award, sponsored by ConMet, led us to Doug Lloyd, director of maintenance, Averitt Express of Cookeville, Tennessee; Chris Woody, safety manager, M&W Logistics of Nashville, Tennessee; and Mike Palmer, vice president of fleet services, Estes Express Lines in Richmond, Virginia. Meet the remaining three recipients of HDT's 2020 Truck Fleet Innovator awards in this episode. Read about all of the HDT 2020 Fleet Innovators Follow HDT on social media: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
Innovation comes in all shapes and sizes, from listening to your employees for the little tweaks that make their workdays more productive, to be a test fleet for new logistics systems and autonomous platoons, to leading a digital transformation at one of the country’s biggest truckload carriers. Heavy Duty Trucking's Truck Fleet Innovator awards, presented annually since 2006 and sponsored this year by ConMet, recognize fleet executives for their leadership role in fostering innovation in their companies and the industry. This episode features a conversation with Darrel Wilson, CEO of Wilson Logistics of Springfield, Missouri. Deborah Lockridge did the original Innovator interviews and joins Jim Park to discuss Danny Lilley, vice president of fleet systems and technology at Werner Enterprises of Omaha, Nebraska and Roy Markham, vice president of operations and transportation at Ben E. Keith Foods of Fort Worth, Texas. The other three Innovators are featured in episode 3. Read about all of the HDT 2020 Fleet Innovators Follow HDT on social media: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
It seems that hardly a week goes by here at Heavy Duty Trucking that we aren’t reporting on something related to electric trucks, so we’re digging into the electric future in this episode of HDT Talks Trucking. Podcast host and Equipment Editor Jim Park and HDT Senior Editor Jack Roberts share their experiences driving and reporting on various electric trucks over the last several years. You’ll also hear briefly from Bill Combs, the director of Connected Fleet at Penske Transportation Solutions, and Chris Nordh, the senior director of advanced vehicle technology at Ryder Systems, with some thought-provoking comments from presentations they gave at the Fleet Forward Conference. Fleet Forward Conference Read about electric trucks on our website Follow HDT on social media: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
“Don’t be afraid to over-communicate.” Ryan DeWard is president and CEO of Unique Truck Equipment, a Michigan-based company that serves the Heavy Duty Trucking industry by providing safety products and tools to help drivers and mechanics work more safely and efficiently. As the company’s leader, Ryan’s responsibilities include strategic planning, sales and marketing, human resources, budgeting, accounting, contract negotiations, and vendor relations. Over the years Unique has grown into a multi-million dollar company and has become proficient in multiple channels including e-Commerce, catalog sales, government sales, and manufacturing/distribution. Under Ryan’s leadership, Unique has positioned itself as a market leader in diagnostics, product knowledge, vendor relations, customer service, pre-sale consultation, and personalized custom solutions. Listen And Learn: The communications tips that connect his sales-driven vision with the creative components of the company’s marketing strategies. The importance of online customer reviews. How he integrates “old school” marketing strategies with online, e-Commerce solutions. How he monitors the competition to better engage with his customers. Creating powerful customer service interactions. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT UNIQUE TRUCK EQUIPMENT CLICK HERE. TO FIND RYAN DEWARD ON LINKEDIN, CLICK HERE.
Guest: Deborah Lockridge, editor in chief of Heavy Duty Trucking magazine Following too closely is a factor in some 25,000 truck crashes annually in the U.S., according to federal numbers. And while that represents only a fraction of the approximately half-million truck involved crashes annually, new developments and recent demonstrations show many if not all of these type crashes could become a thing of the past. In this episode of “Eyes on the Road” presented by PrePass, Evan Lockridge talks with Heavy Duty Trucking magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Deborah Lockridge. They discuss how truck platooning, including pairing just two trucks, holds the promise of improving truck safety while also leading to significant advancements in autonomous truck technology. “Eyes on the Road” is the official podcast from PrePass, the premier weigh station bypass service for the trucking industry in North America. Simply follow the links near the top of this page to hear previous installments or to subscribe so you can be the first to hear this twice-a-month presentation.
In part two of our special ELD preparation series, David Cullen, Executive Editor of Heavy Duty Trucking magazine and TruckingInfo.com, joins the podcast series. Listen to find out why this industry insider believes there’s a little doubt the December 18 deadline is here to stay.