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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.
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.
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?
Are hydrogen combustion engines delayed or DOA?
A new study projecting adoption of hydrogen internal combustion engines over the next decade suggests modest adoption.
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.
It’s all in the numbers for Nikola
Nikola lays of 135 workers as it seeks to preserve its financial runway.
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.
