Podcast: Talking autonomous trucks and the focus on the customer with Kenworth's Kevin Baney

Podcast: Talking autonomous trucks and the focus on the customer with Kenworth’s Kevin Baney

Kevin Baney, Kenworth general manager and PACCAR vice president, is interviewed in the latest edition of the Fleet Future podcast.

In the November issue of Fleet Equipment, we featured Kevin Baney, Kenworth general manager and PACCAR vice president, on the cover. Kevin took the position as Kenworth GM over the summer, and in the story he talks about Kenworth’s work on hydrogen-powered trucks, his background in engineering, the role of newcomers like Tesla and Nikola in the industry, and several other topics. But there was a lot in our conversation that there just wasn’t space for in the story. So we’ve compiled a few more clips of my interview with Kevin Baney here. Listen below.

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