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EPISODE · Nov 23, 2022 · 55 MIN

Trucking’s turkey of the year

from WHAT THE TRUCK?!? · host FreightWaves

On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is taking a look at how the industry is celebrating Thanksgiving and we’re giving out our trucking turkey of the year award.  Just how far apart are autonomous and electric trucking technologies? We’ll get an update on the state of the industry from FreightWave’s Alan Adler. We’ll take a trip back in time with Rachel Premack to look at the life of an old school trucker during Thanksgiving plus a look forward at what ACT research says about the spot market. What is RXO? We’ll learn all about XPO’s latest spin-off from their vice president of technology, Alyssa Myers. Back The Truck Up’s Rooster and SuperTrucker help name the turkey of the year; drivers quitting during the holidays; taking food from strangers; Navy’s out of this world football uniforms; and a look at a new trucking movie ‘Golden Arm.’  Visit our sponsor Watch on YouTube Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is taking a look at how the industry is celebrating Thanksgiving and we’re giving out our trucking turkey of the year award.  Just how far apart are autonomous and electric trucking technologies? We’ll get an update on the state of the industry from FreightWave’s Alan Adler. We’ll take a trip back in time with Rachel Premack to look at the life of an old school trucker during Thanksgiving plus a look forward at what ACT research says about the spot market. What is RXO? We’ll learn all about XPO’s latest spin-off from their vice president of technology, Alyssa Myers. Back The Truck Up’s Rooster and SuperTrucker help name the turkey of the year; drivers quitting during the holidays; taking food from strangers; Navy’s out of this world football uniforms; and a look at a new trucking movie ‘Golden Arm.’  Visit our sponsor Watch on YouTube Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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