platooning

DB Schenker, MAN Truck & Bus and Hochschule Fresenius are deploying networked trucks for the first time in a practical application in the logistics industry. On February 13, MAN handed over the test vehicles for the joint platooning project to DB Schenker at its headquarters in Munich . On behalf of the Essen-based logistics group, COO Ewald Kaiser, accepted the keys for the new MAN platooning vehicles from Dr Frederik Zohm, member of the management board for research and development at MAN Truck & Bus AG.

“Autonomous and networked driving will fundamentally change road haulage. This project will focus on testing platooning for the first time in daily logistics operations. So we’re excited that we can now integrate the vehicles into the operational test runs,” Ewald Kaiser said.