Trucking Forward

Did you miss us? We missed you!  But we've been busy.  And now we're back, with some new 'Trucking Forward' with Tim Zuercher and Adam Shoemaker from Torc Robotics. Settle in for the first episode of 2024.      Website Youtube Instagram Facebook LinkedIn

Richard Bishop is a writer, Forbes contributor, and consultant, advising companies on strategy and outlook for autonomous vehicles. Before he started his own business, he managed USDOT's program in vehicle-highway automation R&D, establishing the National Automated Highway System Consortium as well as the International Task Force on Vehicle-Highway Automation (ITFVHA). He focuses a lot of his attention on autonomous trucking, and serves as the 2nd Vice-Chair of the Automated and Electric Study Group of the American Trucking Association Technology and Maintenance Council. He's also used to doing the interviewing, so getting into the podcast room with Adam and Tim was a bit of switch up. Listen in!   Website Youtube Instagram Facebook LinkedIn

Do YOU have a truck stop named after you? We wish we did. But that's just one of the reasons we have invited Ingrid Brown to join Tim and Adam on Trucking Forward.  One of the Women In Trucking's Top 20 Women to Watch 2022 and the FMCSA CMV Voice of Safety, Ingrid has clocked millions of miles on the road. As she states on her LinkedIn, "Ingrid's four decade career as a Professional Truck Driver of diversity as an Independent Owner and as a Company driver, CEO, Safety and Operations Manager brings her experience of diversity of freight to the trucking industry in all areas." Listen in on her take on autonomous trucking and the future of trucking with autonomy as another mode of transportation in this second episode with Ingrid.   Website Youtube Instagram Facebook LinkedIn

Do YOU have a truck stop named after you? We wish we did. But that's just one of the reasons we have invited Ingrid Brown to join Tim and Adam on Trucking Forward.  One of the Women In Trucking's Top 20 Women to Watch 2022 and the FMCSA CMV Voice of Safety, Ingrid has clocked millions of miles on the road. As she states on her LinkedIn, "Ingrid's four decade career as a Professional Truck Driver of diversity as an Independent Owner and as a Company driver, CEO, Safety and Operations Manager brings her experience of diversity of freight to the trucking industry in all areas." Listen in on her take on autonomous trucking and the future of trucking with autonomy as another mode of transportation in this first episode with Ingrid.   Website Youtube Instagram Facebook LinkedIn

  If there's one person out there who is looking at all parts of the autonomous landscape, all at once, it's Grayson Brulte. Founder & CEO of The Road to Autonomy® index, which tracks 40 of the most influential companies in autonomous development space, Grayson is an in-demand  industry event speaker and a media go-to source. He has a distinctive viewpoint of what autonomy is, and importantly, what it can and will do for the economy. In the second episode of this two-part interview, Tim and Adam get Grayson's perspective on the economics of autonomous trucking, and what companies are doing right, right now, and what they've done wrong.   Website Youtube Instagram Facebook LinkedIn

If there's one person out there who is looking at all parts of the autonomous landscape, all at once, it's Grayson Brulte. Founder & CEO of The Road to Autonomy® index, which tracks 40 of the most influential companies in autonomous development space, Grayson is an in-demand  industry event speaker and a media go-to source. He has a distinctive viewpoint of what autonomy is, and importantly, what it can and will do for the economy. In the first of this two-part interview, Tim and Adam get Grayson's perspective on the economics of autonomous trucking, and what companies are doing right, right now, and what they've done wrong.   Website Youtube Instagram Facebook LinkedIn

Tim and Adam have a little bit of fun on episode seven and answer the burning questions their fans have submitted online. Take notes, listeners! This episode will fuel the next trivia night at your local watering hole!  Is Adam afraid to fly or does he just hate it?   Who is their dream guest for the podcast?  Who has a CDL? What is their favorite game?  And most importantly, what are their spirit animals?   Website Youtube Instagram Facebook LinkedIn

As an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck, we work closely with them as we're developing a Level 4 autonomous truck in their Freightliner Cascadia. So when they have a big event talking about when we'll have a commercially viable product, it's important to not only take note, but why. Join Tim and Adam as they discuss why it's significant, but not earth-shaking, what the different levels of autonomy are, and also find out why Tim loves otters.   Website Youtube Instagram Facebook LinkedIn

Tim and Adam welcome Dr. Charles Reinholtz to this episode of 'Trucking Forward.' Dr. Reinholtz recently retired as Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He was at Virginia Tech previous to that position.  Since 1983, Dr. Reinholtz has taught thousands of students about autonomy and robotics. Importantly, though, he channeled his vast knowledge of engineering into student development and hands-on learning, including competition teams and projects. It can be said that he and his teachings were the spark for not only Torc's founders, but for autonomous vehicles as a whole. Listen in as Tim reminisces with one of this professors, and both he and Adam fanboy out over a genuinely devoted teacher. Website Youtube Instagram Facebook LinkedIn

Walter Grigg, Torc's "in between" strategy expert, joins Tim and Adam to discuss the exciting, ever-moving, and complex space between autonomous software and the trucking industry. He fills us in on what we need to be thinking about as we get closer to an on-the-road autononmous product and how Torc is working alongside the best in the field.  Check out one of Torc's most interesting speakers on this episode of 'Trucking Forward.' Website Youtube Instagram Facebook LinkedIn