Category: CVB Summit

Building the Future Together: Highlights from the Spring 2025 Commercial Vehicle Business Summit

The Spring 2025 Commercial Vehicle Business Summit, held virtually on April 2–3, brought together a vibrant community of OEMs, dealers, fleet managers, and solution providers. Hosted by Work Truck Solutions, the event centered around the theme “Building the Future Together, The Community of Commercial,” emphasizing collaboration, improvement, innovation, and resilience...

Turning Challenges into Progress: Inside the Commercial Vehicle Business Summit

In this exclusive conversation, Stacie Williamson, Vice President of Sales at Work Truck Solutions, joins Steve Henning to share expert insights on how the commercial vehicle industry is navigating market disruptions and driving progress through strategic partnerships. With over 20 years of automotive experience, Williamson discusses how dealers, OEMs, upfitters,...

From Silos to Synergy: Reimagining Collaboration Across the Commercial Vehicle Ecosystem

In today’s commercial vehicle industry, complexity is a growing storyline. OEMs, dealers, fleet managers, upfitters, and distributors operate within a fragmented network of touchpoints, each with its own priorities and pressures. Although fragmentation is too often the norm, there is always the opportunity for intentional, ecosystem-wide collaboration between stakeholders. The...

Looking Back for Clues to the Future of the Commercial Vehicle Market

They say, “You can’t see where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been.” While it may be a cliché, it holds undeniable truth, especially in the commercial vehicle industry. From the horse-drawn freight wagons of the past to the electric and autonomous vehicles on the horizon, history has...

Powering Progress: How Digital Marketplaces are Revolutionizing the Commercial Vehicle Industry

The commercial vehicle industry is experiencing a profound transformation, driven by several factors, including a rapidly evolving buyer demographic. With millennials now making up a significant portion of the workforce and Generation Z steadily growing, the expectations for how businesses acquire vehicles have fundamentally changed. These digitally native generations demand...

Innovation & Adaptability in a Shifting Commercial Vehicle Market

The commercial vehicle industry is experiencing a profound transformation driven by technological advancements. As traditional driving experiences evolve into dynamic, software-enhanced interactions, businesses must adapt to these changes to stay competitive. Gregory Skinner, VP of Strategic Insights at Escalant, highlighted these shifts at the Spring 2025 CVB Summit, emphasizing the...

WATCH + LISTEN | Spring 2025 CVB Summit – Day 2 | Data and AI: Expressways to the Future

Kevin Kinell, Chief Technology Officer at Work Truck Solutions, leads a panel of industry experts in a discussion about the transformative potential of AI across the commercial vehicle lifecycle, from purchasing (matching vehicles and incentives) and ownership (driver management, efficiency) to OEM/dealer operations (demand prediction, CRM), finance (performance-based lending), insurance...

WATCH + LISTEN | Spring 2025 CVB Summit – Day 2 | Fostering Business Growth Through Collaboration, Integration, and Prioritization

Gregory Skinner, Vice President, Strategic Insights at Escalent, leads a roundtable discussion about how the commercial vehicle industry is navigating a significant shift towards electric vehicles (EVs), requiring strong collaboration among OEMs, infrastructure providers, finance companies, and dealers to offer complete solutions. WATCH LISTEN