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Podcast: WHAT THE TRUCK?!?
Episode: What The Truck?!? - Episode 2
Description: JP and Chad discussed major topics of the week related to the rash of public announcements from tech startups about the real-time operations of autonomous Class 8 semis. Theyโre among us. Waymo, Uber, Tesla, Starsky all had big news, while Embarkโs possibly biggest achievement (a Level 4 autonomous coast to coast trip) last month went largely unnoticed. What do these industry outsiders have to offer the trucking industry?
They also discussed the seasonal softening of spot rates on the West Coast and how brokers took big margins from FreightWaves own data scientists. The party is now over, howe...