ROADSIGNS EPISODE 102

WHERE DO AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS FIT INTO TRUCKING'S FUTURE?

Autonomous trucks are still in the early days. Tech companies, startups, and companies like Daimler, TuSimple, Paccar, Aurora, Waymo, and Volvo continue to invest — making this transformative technology a reality. For this technology to succeed, however, it must integrate into real-world freight operations. In this episode, host Seth Clevenger wonders how autonomous trucks can fit into the freight transportation industry? What are the potential use cases and business models for self-driving commercial vehicles? To find answers, we step into Waabi World with Waabi's chief commercial officer, Vivian Sun, and later we hear from autonomous vehicle pioneer, Jan Becker, CEO and co-founder of Apex.ai. Tune in.

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Jan Becker is President, CEO and Co-Founder of Apex.AI, Inc. He is also the Managing Director of the Apex.AI GmbH, the company's subsidiary in Germany. Prior to founding Apex.AI, he was Senior Director at Faraday Future responsible for Autonomous Driving and Director at Robert Bosch LLC responsible for Automated Driving in North America.

Seth Clevenger

Jan Becker

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Seth Clevenger is managing editor of features at Transport Topics. He plans, writes and edits news features for Transport Topics’ weekly newspaper, supplemental publications and TTNews.com. He also creates video and audio content for Transport Topics’ webcasts, podcasts and radio programming.

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Vivian Sun

As the Chief Commercial Officer at Waabi, Vivian Sun is responsible for Waabi’s go-to-market strategy, commercialization and sales & marketing. She is a seasoned leader in the autonomous trucking industry with extensive experience in technology, automotive and transportation fields.

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Find out more about our guests here:
https://art19.com/shows/the-road-to-autonomy/episodes/013f5fce-845f-4008-9d08-a94f0540b285/embed
https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/waabi-world/id1502184916?i=1000560285812
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2022/05/09/ai-upstart-waabi-adding-self-driving-veterans-in-race-to-commercialize-robot-trucks/?sh=3b9773075ea2
https://medium.com/toyota-ventures/q-a-with-jan-becker-co-founder-and-ceo-of-apex-ai-17ffd81c8e79
https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/21068040