The Loading Bay
The Loading Bay
Podcast Description
The Loading Bay is a show about what it really takes to move the freight industry forward.
We bring together operators, tech providers, and industry voices to surface what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next. It’s about honest conversations, shared learning, and practical steps.
From zero-emission trucks to smart depots and data-driven decision making, we’re digging into the tools, ideas, and collaborations that are shaping the future of freight.
https://twentyforty.uk
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast covers a range of topics important for the future of freight, including fleet decarbonisation, zero-emission vehicles, smart depot technologies, and data-driven decision making. Episodes tackle concrete challenges, such as infrastructure vs operations and the operational impact of electrification, like in the discussion between Chris Welch and Jack Millington on fleet decarbonisation challenges.
The Loading Bay is a show about what it really takes to move the freight industry forward.
We bring together operators, tech providers, and industry voices to surface what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next. It’s about honest conversations, shared learning, and practical steps.
From zero-emission trucks to smart depots and data-driven decision making, we’re digging into the tools, ideas, and collaborations that are shaping the future of freight.
https://twentyforty.uk
Michael Ayres and Dr Henry Clarke from Flexible Power Systems join Jamie for a deep dive into the real world mechanics of fleet electrification. Michael brings the system view shaped by years in grid-scale storage and transport refrigeration. Henry brings the platform logic, modelling, and the engineering reality behind FPS Operate.
Together they map out how electrification actually behaves once you move past PowerPoint and start dealing with messy sites, mixed fleets, inconsistent telematics feeds, energy constraints and human planners trying to keep everything moving.
The conversation spans data, automation, energy, logistics, and the very near future where fleets, chargers and operators begin negotiating with each other through intelligent agents rather than one central controller.
What We Cover
- The truth about telematics data quality and why cleaning it matters
- Why EV operations need more than charger data and vehicle data in isolation
- Charge optimisation: scheduling, constraints, price signals, and real time routing
- Removing EV-related decisions from drivers, planners and shift managers
- The emerging challenge of multi-operator charger sharing
- Dynamic negotiation between fleets and why one “master orchestrator” will not exist
- AI’s role: optimisation at scale, agent behaviour, and interface-level intelligence
Guests
Michael Ayres — Managing Director, Flexible Power Systems
Economist and systems thinker with a background in grid-scale storage, energy flexibility and commercial fleet electrification.
Dr Henry Clarke — Head of Platforms, Flexible Power Systems
Engineer and modeller leading development of FPS Operate, focusing on optimisation, real time data integration and cross-system orchestration.
Links and Resources
Follow Jamie on LinkedIn for commentary, behind-the-scenes posts, and spicy logistics takes.
Visit twentyforty.uk to explore the platform, get involved, and find out what’s next for the future of freight.
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