John O’Leary on the affordability gap for zero-emissions vehicles

Shift: A podcast about mobility

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4.8 • 31 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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John O’Leary, CEO of Daimler Truck North America, discusses where he thinks hydrogen fits in commercial trucking and what role incentives play in increasing vehicle affordability. He also shares his perspective on charging infrastructure availability.

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by Gentex Corporation.
0:03.7	Gentex is a long time supplier of electro-optical products for the global automotive,
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0:23.2	Hello and welcome to Shift, a podcast about mobility.
0:29.2	I'm Molly Boygan, tech and innovation reporter for Automotive News, and for Pete Bigelow this week.
0:36.4	Later on in the show, we'll be playing my interview with John O'Leary, the CEO of Daimler Truck
0:40.8	North America.
0:42.2	We spoke at Act Expo about what solutions will win for long-haul
0:46.0	trucking and about the importance of incentives in bridging the cost gap for small commercial fleets.
0:53.0	But first, joining me now is my colleague, Hannah Lutz, to talk about the news of the week.
0:57.8	Hi, Hannah.
0:58.8	Hi, Molly, how are you?
1:00.4	I'm good, how are you?
1:01.9	Good. Good. So Hannah, you spoke last week to Electrify America CEO Robert Barossa. What did you learn?
1:09.2	So a lot of the charging networks, including Electra America,
1:13.0	have really been focused on sort of like healing the network
1:16.6	over the last year.
1:17.6	Reliability has been a really big issue for charging.
1:21.2	It kind of fluctuates, but almost a fifth of charging attempts fail nationwide.
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