The 11th hour: Vanishing truck slots and the return of the driver shortage
The commercial vehicle market faces vanishing equipment slots as the EPA prebuy emerges. Mixed with rising driver retention struggles and a shift toward private capacity, the North American trucking market is certainly chaotic.
Ken Vieth, president and senior analyst for ACT Research, talks with Josh Fisher about driver retention, equipment availability, and fleets' "planning nightmare."
01:16 — The driver shortage returns
04:56 — Will private fleets continue growing?
08:04 — The EPA prebuy
13:38 — Electric vehicles, competition with China
15:24 — Could autonomous tech help with labor…
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