Alan Adler

Alan Adler is an award-winning journalist who worked for The Associated Press and the Detroit Free Press. He also spent two decades in domestic and international media relations and executive communications with General Motors.
Dec - 2024 -
27 December
Alan Adler

Hyzon becomes latest SPAC-backed startup to crash

Like numerous SPAC-backed transportation startups, Hyzon Motors has run out of money and plans to shut down.

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20 December
Alan Adler

Reverse stock splits: Often a path to oblivion

Reverse stock splits offer an immediate – if artificial – benefit to companies struggling with low stock prices. But they rarely work out long term.

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13 December
Alan Adler

Proterra’s surviving businesses may shed bankruptcy stigma  

Bankruptcy filings carry a stigma but sometimes the outcomes promise new life. Proterra might be one such story.

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06 December
Alan Adler

Of floor mops, shiny candy … and battery packs 

The Freudenberg Group makes a lot of different products, from candy coatings to heavy-duty electric truck and bus batteries.

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Nov - 2024 -
29 November
Alan Adler

Co-founder wants TuSimple liquidated

Animus between co-founders of TuSimple is playing out in courts across the US with a proposed liquidation the latest salvo.

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22 November
Alan Adler

How a moonshot is giving voice to truck parcels

Smart label technology developed by Chorus and Kuehne+Nagel tracks packages by using Bluetooth connectivity and AirTags.

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15 November
Alan Adler

Could the flux capacitor solve hydrogen storage on Class 8 trucks?

Is the flux capacitor made famous in “Back to the Future” an answer to more efficient hydrogen storage on Class 8 trucks?

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08 November
Alan Adler

Third-party validation: Table stakes for driverless trucking

As public confidence in autonomous vehicles continues low, autonomous trucking developers are reeling in safety data from third-party experts.

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01 November
Alan Adler

Behind Climate United’s historic $250M electric truck buy

How much influence could a $250 million purchases of 500 electric trucks have on establishing the value of used trucks?

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Oct - 2024 -
25 October
Alan Adler

Are hydrogen combustion engines delayed or DOA?

A new study projecting adoption of hydrogen internal combustion engines over the next decade suggests modest adoption.

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18 October
Alan Adler

Electrifying in-bound logistics continues to expand globally

Using electric trucks for inbound logistics includes Daimler Truck with a 2026 goal of zero-emissions truck deliveries to its plants.

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15 October
Alan Adler

Freightliner adds nifty changes to fifth-generation Cascadia

The fifth-generation Freightliner Cascadia is not dramatically different from the current model but it brings some driver-friendly changes.

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11 October
Alan Adler

It’s all in the numbers for Nikola

Nikola lays of 135 workers as it seeks to preserve its financial runway.

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04 October
Alan Adler

Bot Auto and the return of Xiaodi Hou

Xiaodi Hou was cast as a villain in the decline into irrelevance of autonomous trucking developer TuSimple. He sees it differently.

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Sep - 2024 -
27 September
Alan Adler

What does proposed China component ban mean for autonomous trucks?

Autonomous truck developers are trying to figure out what a proposed ban on Chinese components will mean to them.

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20 September
Alan Adler

IAA 2024: Daum’s legacy – a stand-alone Daimler Truck

With his legacy assured, Daimler Truck Chair and CEO Martin Daum will retire as CEO on Sept. 30, making way for Karin Rådström.

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13 September
Alan Adler

Autonomous trucks in the long run

The lanes are getting longer for autonomous trucks and the promise of greater profitability is predicted to follow.

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06 September
Alan Adler

ChargePoint’s latest downsizing intended to help stop the bleeding

ChargePoint cuts 200-plus jobs in second downsizing of 2024 after tough second quarter earnings report,

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Aug - 2024 -
30 August
Alan Adler

Third parties reinforce autonomous trucking safety

Driverless truck developers are looking to third-party validators to back their safety claims.

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23 August
Alan Adler

Bank borrowing points to infrastructure developer Voltera’s maturity

As electrification and infrastructure startups mature, banks get interested in lending money to help the best of them grow.

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