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HDT Talks TruckingSeason 12

20-Year-Old Female Diesel Technician Challenges Stereotypes

January 7, 2025

Meet Kaitlynn Aikin – a 20-year-old diesel technician at Southeastern Freight Lines who is challenging stereotypes and inspiring the next generation of female technicians.

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HDT's Deborah Lockridge talks to this young star diesel technician about how she is thriving in a field where fewer than 5% of diesel technicians in trucking are women.

Learn More About Female Truck Techs

⁠Finding and Keeping Tomorrow's Truck Technicians⁠

⁠Tapping Sources of New Technicians: Veterans and Women⁠

⁠Diesel Tech Advocates for Women in the Truck Shop⁠

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The Future of RNG as a Truck Fuel

February 19, 2025

Why don't environmental regulatory agencies like renewable natural gas as a fuel for long-haul trucking applications?

Volvo and DHL's New Take on Autonomous Trucks

January 13, 2025

Volvo sees autonomous trucks as an all-new mode of transportation. It's partnership with DHL is already exploring that new approach.

20-Year-Old Female Diesel Technician Challenges Stereotypes

January 7, 2025

Meet Kaitlynn Aikin, a young female diesel technician, as she talks about how she got into a career in the heavy-duty shop and offers advice to other young women about following in her footsteps.

Listen: What Volvo Connect Updates Can do for Trucking Fleets

May 21, 2025

How is a new Volvo heavy-duty truck like your smartphone? Learn about the latest connectivity and remote update features of Volvo Connect in this episode.

Listen: How Western Star Helped a Young Gamer Become a Trucker

May 14, 2025

Connor Hudziak loved playing "American Truck Simulator" after school and world. He had no idea his love for the game would change his life.

Listen: How Atlas Creates High-Performing Teams With Award-Winning Diversity Program

March 28, 2025

Kelly Cruse, VP of Human Resources and Chief Diversity Officer for Atlas, joins HDT's Deborah Lockridge to talk about the trucking and logistics company's award-winning diversity and inclusion program.

Why Hexagon Agility Loves RNG as a Truck Fuel

March 24, 2025

Renewable natural gas is, well, a natural when it comes to replacing diesel as a clean fuel for truck fleets. Hexagon Ability's senior vice president, global sales and marketing Americas, tells HDT Talks Trucking why.

Jamie Hagen on Running a Small Trucking Fleet

March 24, 2025

Jamie Hagen has learned a lot about running a small fleet. And many of those lessons he learned as a company driver.

Listen: How Trucking and Law Enforcement Can Work Together

March 20, 2025

There are some important issues in trucking -- such as cargo theft, human trafficking, truck parking -- where working with law enforcement can help get things done.

New Trucking Nonprofit Offers Highways of Hope for Human Trafficking Victims

January 28, 2025

What happens after human trafficking victims are free? That's a question being addressed by a new nonprofit formed by women in the trucking and logistics business.

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