Podcast: What it’s like driving an autonomous truck, VW emissions scandal’s impact on U.S. truck market

Oct 8, 2015

World Premiere Freightliner Inspiration Truck

What’s it like behind the wheel of a self-driving truck? And how do you get an autonomous endorsement for your CDL? Overdrive Equipment Editor Jack Roberts and OD News Editor James Jaillet talk details of automated trucking — and what impact Volkswagen’s massive emissions cheat scandal has on the American truck landscape — in this podcast:

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After catching the show-truck fever at MATS almost a decade ago, small fleet owner Kevin Voigt bought this impressive Freightliner FLB and has been adding to it since the 2016 purchase. Even with all the work put in it over the nine years, "it's never been finished," he said.

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