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Ongoing Vehicle Sourcing Constraints Aggravated by Higher Fleet Costs

Difficulty sourcing replacement units continues to be an ongoing pain point. Likewise fleet costs are up. Compared to CY-2020 vehicle acquisitions costs are approximately 19% higher while maintenance and fuel increased 25-40%.

Q&A: Growth and Client Retention with Wheels

With 800,000 units under management, the Wheels portfolio is massive with clients from three legacy companies. This required the creation of two leadership positions – one focused on client retention and the other focused on growth.

Aligning Under Wheels: What’s in a New Name?

Matt Dyer, president of the newly monikered Wheels company, describes the process and thinking that went into creating a fitting name and tagline for the combined Donlen, Wheels and LeasePlan organizations.

Q&A: DTNA's O'Leary on Electric Trucks, Vocational Market, and More

John O’Leary, the new chief at Daimler Trucks North America, talks about the challenges of a booming truck market, the launch of new vocational and electric trucks, its parent company, and more.

Q&A: Kenworth Talks Production Delays, New Trucks, Tech

Kenworth General Manager Kevin Baney discussed production delays due to a COVID-19 disruption in microchip availability and sat down with HDT to talk about the past year, his company’s new trucks, technology, and the road ahead.

Q&A: DTNA's Nielsen Reflects on Career, Technological Change

Roger Nielsen has seen a lot change in his 35 years with Daimler Trucks North America. The soon-to-retire CEO shares a historic perspective and his thoughts on current and future challenges in a wide-ranging interview.

Q&A: How Ford Plans to Increase Commercial Vehicle Sales

Ford wants to make commercial vehicles a larger part of its business, and Ford CV leader Ted Cannis explains how the company is turning to things such as electrification and connectivity to make it happen.

Q&A: SmartDrive's Mitgang on Video-Based Safety

Last year, SmartDrive Systems, a provider of video-based safety and transportation intelligence, was named one of Deloitte's 2019 Technology Fast 500 for the sixth year in a row. We talked to CEO Steve Mitgang about the award, the company, and video-based safety technology in general.

Q&A: Starsky's Seltz-Axmacher on Autonomous Trucks

Starsky Robotics had to give up on its goal of truly driverless trucks earlier this year after failing to secure additional needed funding. HDT Equipment Editor Jim Park recently spoke to founder Stefan Seltz-Axmacher about what happened and why true self-driving truck technology may be harder than we think.

Q&A: AI Expert Talks Autonomous Trucks

Richard Bishop, AI industry analyst and intelligent vehicle applications specialist, spoke with Jim Park about autonomous trucks for an episode of the HDT Talks Trucking podcast.