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Perhaps, as German auto and truck maker Daimler said last week it was targeting 2025 for release of a self-driving truck into the marketplace.
The Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025 has successfully completed its first journey on a highway in
In addition to the Mercedes brand truck in Europe, the company sells Freightliner brand tractors in the
The system makes use of already-available driver assist technologies, such as automatic braking, stability control and lane-warning systems, but adds a variety of radar systems to the mix.
In order to allow the truck to autonomously drive alongside other cars, what Daimler calls the Highway Pilot uses a combination of vehicle-to-vehicle communication via Wi-Fi (with a range of