Daimler Truck - Autonomous Driving

DaimAutonomous driving has the potential to further reduce the number of accidents. And that has been one of our most important goals for many decades. The technology can also contribute to fundamentally improve our customers' business. That is why we are fully focused on pushing the development of this technology.

As a pioneer of autonomous driving, Daimler Truck has a clear roadmap for autonomous trucks. The goal is to make roads safer and help freight-forwarding companies boost their productivity. Back in 2014 Daimler Truck presented the Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025. It was the world’s first automated truck and demonstrated the system’s technological possibilities and the great potential it has for the economy and society at large. In 2015 the Freightliner Inspiration Truck was approved for road use in the United States, making it the first automated commercial vehicle to be granted such approval. Today, Daimler Truck offers partial automation driving functions (SAE Level 2) for its three main markets in series production. These systems are Active Drive Assist in the Mercedes-Benz Actros and the FUSO Super Great and Detroit Assurance 5.0 with Active Lane Assist in the Freightliner Cascadia. These active assistance systems for longitudinal and lateral control are based on a highly developed combination of radar and camera systems. What’s especially notable about these assistance systems is that they are usable in all speed ranges, starting from 0 km/h.ler Truck - Autonomous Driving