FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast

The Inflation Reduction Act promotes the production of low-carbon hydrogen, which is good news for Nikola, which wants to produce and sell the fuel for long-distance trucks in North America. We talk to Pablo Koziner, Nikola’s president of energy, about the IRA and the rest of Nikola’s busy line-up of projects, including electric trucks and how to charge them. Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join The Autonomous & Electric Vehicle Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autonomous trucking software developers have enough on their plate without having to sweat the details of integrating their technologies with the engine and transmission. Many are leaving that work to Cummins Inc., the world's largest engine maker whose expertise in making systems work together has thrust the company into a key role in the autonomous trucking space. J. Michael Taylor, Director of Global Powertrain Integration at Cummins, is joined by FreightWaves' Alan Adler in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join The Autonomous & Electric Vehicle Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does autonomous trucking have to leave out the driver to be successful? Plus runs a Level 4 high-autonomy system beneath advanced driver assistance system software, but drivers will continue to play an important role as it racks up billions of real-world miles before removing the human from the equation. Shawn Kerrigan, COO and Co-Founder at Plus, is joined by Trucking Carrier Expert Thomas Wasson at FreightWaves in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join The Autonomous & Electric Vehicle Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill Bleim of NFI Industries was in on very early of testing Class 8 electric trucks. He knows their limitations and what roles they perform best. Rob Reich of Schneider has less experience but both companies are proving where electrified transportation fits in the heavy-duty freight world. Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join The Autonomous & Electric Vehicle Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the far edge of electrification is REE Automotive, which places electronic drive, steer, and brake technology at each wheel corner to take advantage of efficiencies like regenerative braking that could quickly close the total cost of ownership gap with conventional powertrains while adding features like four-wheel steering. Sam Abuelsamid, Principal Analyst at Guidehouse Insights, and Daniel Barel, Co-founder and CEO at REE Automotive, join together in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join The Autonomous & Electric Vehicle Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kodiak Robotics resisted the temptation of going public during the heady days of SPACs, preferring to raise money from venture capital. Now, as its list of partnerships and technology breakthroughs grows, Kodiak is gaining a reputation as a leader in high-level autonomy shedding the late-comer label. Join Don Burnette, Co-Founder & CEO of Kodiak Robotics, and Alan Adler, Detroit Bureau Chief at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join The Autonomous & Electric Vehicle Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FreightWaves' Jack Daleo and Tim Reeser of Lightning eMotors talk everything EVs, from common misconceptions to challenges for adoption and everything in between. You'll also hear about the latest technology from Lightning eMotors, including zero emissions vans, electric powertrains and charging stations. Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join The Autonomous & Electric Vehicle Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rakesh Aneja, Vice President and Chief of eMobility at Daimler Truck North America knows the limitations of infrastructure for electric trucks. They need more time and power to charge than passenger cars, which is one reason Daimler Truck and two other entities are committing $650 million for medium- and heavy-duty truck charging. Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join The Autonomous & Electric Vehicle Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kaylee Nix, Reporter at FreightWaves, and Olivia Hu, Senior Business Development Manager at Uber Freight, talk about the necessity of a deep digital network and strong industry partnerships to create a successful roll out of autonomous vehicle technology. Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join The Autonomous & Electric Vehicle Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal and state policy makers are preparing to roll out rules and guidelines governing autonomous vehicles, and Congress recently approved new climate legislation – both will have cost and market implications for truck fleets and drivers. ACT Research’s Ann Rundle provides an update on what these changes will mean for the industry in this fireside chat with FreightWaves’ John Gallagher. Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join The Autonomous & Electric Vehicle Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The rise and fall of special purpose acquisition companies has been swift and brutal for some of the young companies enticed to go public before they were ready for the harsh realities of life under Wall Street scrutiny. Understanding what happened with SPACs means understand SPACs from the beginning. Vince Cubbage of Tortoise Acquisition, which has sponsored two SPACs and is lining up a third, brings his perspectives as the Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit keynote speaker. Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves LIVE on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join The Autonomous & Electric Vehicle Summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tabachnik previously served as CEO of BIIS Logistics, a digital freight brokerage company and COO of Distribuidora Tamex, an electric supply distribution company. He holds a civil engineering degree from Universidad Iberoamericana and is currently an EMBA candidate at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everyone wants to know how quickly they are going to get paid. From suppliers to carriers, it’s all about days to pay. Kevin O’Meara shares his outlook on the future of supply chain payments and how shippers can best navigate the future. Freight broker/3PL expert Mary O’Connell of FreightWaves and Shaw Industries Vice President of Integrated Supply Chain Kevin O’Meara, join together in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shashank Panchangam offers solutions to supply chain problems through fintech products utilized in digital transformations. Panchangam is the chief product officer at Crowley Solutions, joined by FreightWaves Reporter Grace Sharkey. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How will new payment offerings change a truck driver’s job? FreightWaves and Uber Freight discuss why more firms are offering payment platforms for drivers, and the most promising technologies in payments. Jerry Tolochko, strategy and planning at Uber Freight, and Rachel Premack, editorial director at FreightWaves, join together in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A discussion on consumer expectations for e-commerce and direct-to-consumer shipping. Mark Lavelle, CEO of X Delivery, a shipping company offering national courier and delivery for e-commerce brands in the U.S, is joined by CEO of PYMNTS, Karen Webster. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Payments are always about timing. It’s the cash conversion metrics that keep the logistics industry running. It’s where taking lessons from other industries is important to develop the next generation of liquidity and velocity of payments in the supply chain. Max Services President Jake Dettmer interviews Semafor’s Head of Technology Mark Wilkie. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

J.B. Hunt and U.S. Bank are working together to provide a better payments solution for Hunt customers. Jeff Pape of U.S. Bank sits down with Amy Horn of J.B. Hunt to discuss the changing market for payments solutions. Amy Horn, director of intermodal pricing at J.B. Hunt, is interviewed by Jeff Pape, general manager of transportation, corporate payment and treasury at U.S. Bank. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Digital ledger technology is among the innovations leading a fintech revolution. DLT uses independent computers (nodes) to record, share and synchronize transactions. In the freight business, DLT can be used to speed payment processing by creating more transparency in the process and reducing or even eliminating disputes. Mark Brousseau, product marketing consultant, Transcard, and Paulo Fernandes, enterprise partnerships, global trade, Mastercard Worldwide are joined by FreightWaves Reporter Kaylee Nix. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shep Hickey of Bryzos and Karen Webster of PYMNTS join together in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Messenger of Lian Lian Global, David Emerson of SEKO Logistics, and Karen Webster of PYMNTS, join together in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are pain points with payments throughout the supply chain. This panel of industry leaders discusses how technology can create a faster and more streamlined payment process for all parties involved in these transactions. Melissa Forman, President of TriumphPay, Mark Baxa, President & CEO at CSCMP, and Anne Reinke, President & CEO of TIA, join together in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Haase, President of ChemDirect, Mike Kukeila, SVP of Supply Chain & Distribution Management at Schneider, and Karen Webster, CEO of PYMNTS, join together in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karen Webster, CEO of PYMNTS, Tom Kanach, CTO at The Fision, and Jennifer Rosado, Chief Customer Officer at JOOR, join together in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Freightos CEO Zvi Schreiber talks about the evolution of digitization in supply chains and how air and ocean platforms are simplifying trade and freight payments. He is joined by FreightWaves Reporter, Eric Kulisch, in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karen Webster, CEO of PYMNTS, is joined by Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Author of "How the World Really Works", Vaclav Smil, in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ken Kaelin, President of Bottomley Enterprises in Mt Airy, NC joins Ingrid Brown, Host of FreightWaves, “AMERICA On 18 Wheels” in a fireside chat to talk about the economy in trucking today. We’ll be addressing the rising costs of operations, recruiting and retention and back up plans that all small fleets and owner operators face today. Bottomley Enterprises is a 120+ fleet that is growing and you’ll find out how they are conquering the obstacles to succeed while talking freight. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SmartHop cofounder Guillermo Garcia discusses why treating people fairly and supporting each other are the best business practice for smaller fleets. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gary Bevers, President at Bevers & Co., is joined by John Kingston, Executive Editor and Oil Market Expert at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Owner-operators are faced with increasing uncertainty in the freight markets but there are steps they can take to handle whatever the freight market throws at them. Understanding your costs and building quality relationships serve carriers better than taking the ‘bear down and hope” approach that small fleets have operated under in the past. Chris Oliver, Chief Marketing Officer at Trucker Path, is joined by Tony Mulvey, Analyst at FreightWaves. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Parry, Senior VP of Logistics at Werner joins us today to talk about how asset based brokerages add value and access to smaller carrier’s freight networks. With decades of experience and thousands of trucks, these brokerages can provide additional benefits compared to digital asset light brokerages in terms of customer mix, technology solutions, equipment assistance, and trained staff with backgrounds in fleet operations. With challenges for equipment and freight, having the help of a large carrier brokerage can provide the right equipment and freight mix to keep trucks moving. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Bowen, aka The Rooster from BackTheTruckUp.com sits down with Jamie Hagen, "CEO Extraordinaire" of HellBentExpress to talk about "The proper way to start an owner operator trucking company". From knowing how to even start the process, finding out your cost of operations, to getting fully legalized, they will cover the bases for someone wanting to get into trucking from the ground level and rise up to a fleet operator. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Running your own truck or small fleet is all about risk versus reward. Kevin and Drew discuss how to evaluate situations and partners to put your business on the path of long-term profitability. Drew Herpich, Chief Commercial Officer of Transportation Insight at Nolan Transportation, is joined by Kevin Hill, Executive Publisher at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk with Prasad Gollapalli, Founder, Strategic Advisor of TruckerTools about the various ways drivers and carriers can utilize rewards programs and how brokers can create greater value in the process. We discuss the importance of establishing good relationships with carriers and brokers and how those benefits can pay off. He is joined by Enterprise Trucking Carrier Expert, Thomas Wasson. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Landing big shippers to keep your wheels turning 100% of the time is every trucker's dream. Is the juice really worth the squeeze though? Kevin Hill, Executive Publisher at FreightWaves, and Paul Estrada, Consultant and PE Consulting, discuss the pros and cons of working for large Fortune 500 shippers as a small fleet or owner-operator. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FreightWaves CTO Daniel Pickett and uShip CEO Kris Lamb discuss how some drivers are dealing with the simultaneous pressures from record prices for Diesel and Class 8 equipment, as well as a recent decline in spot rates. Rather than seek shelter by leasing onto large carriers, many OTR drivers are shifting their business to focus on customer direct freight and getting closer to both shipper and consignee. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Martin, Supertrucker and Social Media Coordinator of Back the Truck Up, sits down with Chace Barber, Co-Founder & CEO of Edison Motors, to discuss how he's looking to revolutionize the logging industry with his prototype 1962 Kenworth electric/diesel hybrid. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Staff writer and SiriusXM host Grace Sharkey chats with Trucker Tools CEO Kary Jablonski about strategies for carriers to follow in order to stay profitable and gain revenue in competitive freight markets. Jablonski recommends procedures for load booking practices, rate negotiation and technology utilization and much more. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach Strickland, Director of Freight Market Intelligence, and Ashley Savage, National Sales Manager of COOP by Ryder, discuss strategies for navigating a tumultuous transportation environment. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spot market challenges have plagued carriers in recent months, affecting small fleets the most. Terry Freeze, director of dedicated services at ArcBest, shares the best tips for small fleet owners succeeding in this challenging market. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prasad Gollapalli is Founder, Strategic Advisor & CCO of Trucker Tools. As Trucker’s Tools chief strategist and solution visionary, Prasad brings to the company nearly 20 years of experience in management and product strategy with trucking and shipping software companies. Craig Fuller is the CEO and founder of FreightWaves, the leading provider of data and analytics for the global logistics industry. FreightWaves provides the fastest view of transportation and logistics market activity, across all modes. The company is also the No.1 source for media and market analytics in the global freight industry. Prior to founding FreightWaves, he was the founder and CEO of TransCard, a fleet payment processor that was sold to US Bank. He also has been deep in the freight industry, having founded and managed the largest provider of on-demand trucking services in North America, the Xpress Direct division of US Xpress Enterprises. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laura Cyrus, senior director of industry training and outreach for Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) discusses the valuable position truckers hold when recognizing and reporting human trafficking cases. Cyrus breaks down red flags for truckers to watch for and what steps to take when those red flags come to fruition. She also details how the organization trains trucking companies today and what future plans TAT is making to continue their work to end human trafficking across the U.S. She is joined by FreightWaves Staff Writer Grace Sharkey. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jobie Turner, Retired Colonel of the United States Air Force, talks how the military handles supply chain and logistics crunches. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ty Findley, Managing Partner at Ironspring Ventures, is joined by Penny Register-Shaw, Chief Strategy Officer at The FRONTdoor Collective, and Bill Catania, Founder & CEO of OneRail, in this roundtable discussion on day 2 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melissa Forman, President at TriumphPay, is joined by Timothy Dooner of FreightWaves to announce this year's Shipper of Choice Award winner. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caroline Duffy, Investor at Construct Capital, is joined by JP Hampstead, Director of Passport Research at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat on day 2 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Hall, Managing Partner at Revolution, is joined by Tyler Hughes, Founder & CTO of Vizion, in this fireside chat on day 2 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Hall, CEO at Primo, is joined by Anthony Smith, Chief Economist at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat on day 2 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Lewis, CEO & Co-Founder of Convoy, is joined by George Brehovsky, Director of Supply Chain at CHEP, in this fireside chat on day 2 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric Fullerton, Sr. Director, Marketing at project44, is joined by Grace Sharkey, Staff Writer at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat on Day 1 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices