Using AI to Engage Truck Drivers [Podcast]
June 12, 2024
Is artificial intelligence the next big leap in truck driver recruiting and retention? Listen to this episode of the HDT Leadership Insights podcast to learn more.

April 29, 2024
The automotive cybersecurity landscape is evolving, moving beyond mere ransomware attacks on fleets. While that is something to be guarded against, hackers can now weaponize connected vehicles in ways that can and sooner or later will compromise safety. Software defined vehicles and unsecure APIs and mobile services are opening new attack vectors for the bad guys to exploit. And new vectors are opening every day.
Upstream Security's president of North American operations, Hiam Kantor, joins HDT Equipment Editor Jim Park to discuss the scope of the problem, and look at what needs to be done to keep the Black Hats at bay.
The scope of the cyber security threat
How hackers are getting around built-in security features
How these hacks can impact safety
New attack vectors coming through APIs and mobile services
The emerging threat to electric vehicles
How some vehicle owners are hacking into their own vehicles to jailbreak them
Upstream Security's Global Automotive Cybersecurity Report
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June 12, 2024
Is artificial intelligence the next big leap in truck driver recruiting and retention? Listen to this episode of the HDT Leadership Insights podcast to learn more.
June 7, 2024
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May 28, 2024
The National Transportation Institute's Leah Shaver challenges some conventional thinking about women in trucking, from behind the wheel to the board room, in this episode of HDT Talks Trucking.
April 29, 2024
Hackers can now weaponize connected vehicles in ways that sooner or later will compromise safety. Software defined vehicles and unsecure APIs and mobile services are opening new attack vectors for the bad guys to exploit.
April 4, 2024
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March 8, 2024
We are seeing a distressing increase in the number of truck rollover crashes. What's behind the increase isn't completely clear, but many believe it's a lack of driver training and understanding of vehicle dynamics.
January 25, 2024
Log falsification violations can lead to out-of-service orders, fines, bad federal safety scores, failed DOT audits, civil penalties, and even nuclear verdicts. What can motor carriers do?