How to Control a Trailer With a Joystick

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CNN's John Defterios has been working on autonomous trucks for a few years. He says the company is looking at all of the forces and the loads in every direction, not just intention. This giant 7,000-pound trailer feels like it's on an air hockey table, he says. "We can actually provide propulsion to do things like swaying or low friction driving"

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.