Freight Efficiency With NACFE’s Mike Roeth & Friends
Freight Efficiency With NACFE’s Mike Roeth & Friends is a regular podcast series that focuses on current technologies and practices that help fleets achieve the best possible freight efficiency for their given application. It also will provide insight into emerging technologies such as electric and autonomous vehicles and their potential impact on freight efficiency.
NACFE’s Executive Director, Mike Roeth, will interview executives from the trucking industry and other parties that are interested in improving the overall efficiency and sustainability of goods movement in North America this includes currently available technologies as well as emerging technologies such as electric and autonomous vehicles.
If you would like to suggest a topic for this podcast, please contact Denise Rondini, NACFE’s communications director, at denise.rondini@nacfe.org
Ep. 87 – Coralie Cooper, deputy director of NESCAUM, talks about the role of the organization and how medium- and heavy-duty trucks fit into her work. She also talks about what influenced her work including how her Noble Prize-winning father influenced her. She also shares her impression of NACFE’s day at the White House, and what’s on NESCAUM’s 2024 agenda.
Ep. 86 – Amanda Devoe, fleet strategy and transformation director for PepsiCo, talks about Pepsi being an early adopter of new technology as part of its effort to propel the fleet forward. She also provides insight into the metrics used to assess the fleet’s decarbonization efforts, and the importance of diverse opinions in problem solving. And she talks about how the Tesla Semis are performing for PepsiCo.
Ep. 85 – Scott Perry, industry executive and former NACFE board chairman, talks about NACFE’s adolescent years, the role of NACFE in the trucking industry and his long career in trucking. He also shares insights into the household goods industry and about Run on Less means to the industry.
Ep. 84 – Rachel Ellenberger, owner of Green Seed Collective, and NACFE’s manager of industry engagement, talks about her early work with Clean Fuels Ohio and how she went from politics to trucking. She also shares what it is like to be a young woman in the industry, the benefits of having a diverse set of people working on industry issues and suggests we remind ourselves that even though it can feel like we are solving the hardest puzzle, we also have the smartest people working on.
Ep. 83 – Marie Brougham, manager of account management and sales, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, talks about the inner workings of SMUD, its goals to be carbon free by 2030, and her view of fleet electrification. She also shares lessons learned from the PepsiCo depot in Sacramento, including the importance of partnerships and collaboration in the electrification process.
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