The way that we make all of this work, ubiquitously across all of the different tractors, whether you have a 1975 Peter build or a 2024 E-Cascadia, it's going to work. The kingpin is this mechanical connection kind of like a trailer ball on a bumper pull trailer. And what we're doing is we're measuring the forces in real time at that kingpin. We send that information back to our vehicle controller and we say that you are in drive mode. This is your environment and now there's tension on this kingpin. Do everything you can to hold that tension at some nominal load,. Whether it's zero or a hundred newtons or a thousand
Trucking has emerged as one of the most interesting and important areas for electrification, and Google/Tesla/Zoox veteran (and all-round car nut) Ali Javidan is in the thick of things with his startup Range Energy. Ali joins the show to explain Range's electrified trailer concept and discuss his wide-ranging and, frankly, incredibly cool experiences at the intersection of mobility and technology.