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Alan Adler
Alan Adler is the Midwest Bureau Chief for FreightWaves. An award-winning journalist, Alan worked for The Associated Press in a variety of roles from Michigan News Editor to National Automotive Writer. He later was an automotive writer at the Detroit Free Press before spending two decades in domestic and international media relations and executive communications with General Motors. Alan returned to full-time journalism in 2018 and joined FreightWaves in July 2019. He and his wife, Deb, live in Nunica, Michigan. They have three adult children.
As electric truck batteries evolve, it’s all about the range
Battery chemistry will play a critical role in advancing electric trucking beyond regional and drayage hauling.
Megawatt charging for electric trucks arriving in small loads
Megawatt charging is too much for pretty much every electric truck save for the purpose-built Tesla Semi. But that is slowly changing.
Electrifying medium-duty trucks is a class act
Class 5 electric trucks have a broad customer base and a lot of manufacturers chasing the space where regulation comes soon.
Buses bear early brunt of pollution regulations
School buses qualify for a lot of incentives to go electric, but are the vouchers and grants enough to make a difference?
Transportation startups starting to look desperate
Transportation startups that went for easy SPAC money never thought times would turn so ugly – certainly not so fast.
Tortoise and hare approaches to electrified trucking
Once the flywheel that is electric trucks gets spinning, there will be no slowing it down. But as former college football coach Lee Corso is fond of saying on ESPN […]