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PodcastsMarch 31, 2020

Making Sense of All Those Economic Numbers

Jeff Kauffman, an HDT columnist and managing director for Loop Capital Markets and head of Tahoe Ventures joins the podcast to discuss aspects of the economy that affect trucking directly and attempt to make sense of the latest economic forecasts.

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PodcastsMarch 31, 2020

Electric Trucks Might Not be as Easy as We First Thought

HDT speaks with Rick Mihelic, the director of future technologies at the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE), about the necessary resources to power electric trucks, and how they create sweeping change to what we currently know about buying, selling, operating, and maintaining trucks.

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PodcastsMarch 31, 2020

Self-driving Trucks: Savior or Scourge for Trucking?

Richard Bishop of Bishop Consulting joins HDT Talks Trucking as an automated vehicles industry analyst to discuss topics, including how will regulators make rules regarding self-driving trucks? Are they a solution to the driver shortage?

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PodcastsMarch 31, 2020

Meet Trucking Emerging Leaders

HDT editor-in-chief, Deborah Lockridge, discusses the annual Emerging Leaders awards and talks to three of the past honorees about their views on trends and issues facing trucking, including what fleets and the industry can do to recruit and encourage young leaders like themselves.

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PodcastsMarch 31, 2020

Does California's AB-5 law mean the end of the owner-operator?

This episode addresses the potential impact of AB-5 and other efforts to end employee misclassification. Guests include Julie Gutman Dickinson, California local counsel to the Teamsters Union Port Division, Fred Potter, President of Teamsters Union Local No. 469 in Hazlet, New Jersey, and Joe Rakavatz, director of government affairs and communications for the Western States Trucking Association.

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PodcastsMarch 13, 2020

Season Two Trailer

Get a sneak peek of HDT Talks Trucking Season Two! This season, we talk employee misclassification, autonomous trucks, maintenance—and we introduce the next generation of trucking leadership – HDT’s Emerging Leaders.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 24, 2020

Alcoa Sheds Weight with New Truck Wheel; Launches Podcast

The new Ultra One 22.5 x 8.25-inch wheel weighs in at 39 pounds -- a full pound lighter than the model it will replace, according to Alcoa Wheels..

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SponsoredFebruary 14, 2020

What Does the Delay of the Entry-Level Driver Training Rule Mean for Trucking?

Just days before the Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) requirements were to go into effect, the FMCSA announced a two-year delay. In this episode, we talk to three guests with stake in the ELDT program, and explore why they are unhappy with the delay and what they believe the consequences of this decision will be.

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SponsoredFebruary 14, 2020

ELDs: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Mike Ahart, VP of Regulatory Affairs at Omnitracs, and John Seidl, a former commercial vehicle enforcement official-turned transportation-consultant and VP of Risk Services at Reliance Partners, weigh in on what the trucking industry looks like now post-ELD Mandate. It turns out, Dec. 18, 2019 wasn’t the end of the ELD story, and that plenty of issues remain unresolved.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 4, 2020

Truck Driver Drug Testing, Electric Trucks Featured in HDT Podcast

The new podcast from Heavy Duty Trucking’s editorial team, HDT Talks Trucking, delves into two hot issues in episodes three and four of its debut season: drug testing of truck drivers, and digging into some of the practical concerns of how carriers can add electric trucks to their fleets.

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