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Daimler and Waymo to partner on autonomous trucks
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Daimler Trucks will partner with Waymo, formerly known as âÅÇÂîñð àð¾Õà ò¾ñ¯º àð¾Õ» ç¶ ìÅ÷Åð ÓÚ À°μÚ ê¾èðÆ ÃòËÚÅÇñå ×¾âÆÁ» ÇñÁÅÀ°ä ñÂÆ ò¶î¯ éÅñ íÅÂÆòÅñÆ ÕÆåÆ ÜÅ ðÔÆ ÔË, ÇÜà çÅ êÇÔñ» é» the Google self-driving car project, as it looks to bring highly ×±×ñ ÃËñø-âðÅÂÆÇò³× ÕÅð êÌÅÜËÕà ÃÆÍ autonomous trucks to market. ÁîðÆÕÅ ÓÚ ÇÂà çÆ êÇÔñ øð¶àñÅÂÆéð ÕÅÃÕ¶âÆÁÅ ÓÚ ò¶î¯ âðÅÂÆòð The initial focus in the U.S. will be to combine a Freightliner ÇÃÃàî ù ܯóé Óå¶ Ô¯ò¶×Æ, ÇÜà éÅñ ñËòñ D çÆÁ» ÃòËÚÅñé ÃîðæÅò» Cascadia and the Waymo Driver system, creating a truck with òÅñÅ àð¾Õ ÇåÁÅð Ô¯ò¶×ÅÍ Level 4 autonomous capabilities. ÁÇÜÔ¶ Õ³àð¯ñà çÅ îåñì ÔË ÇÕ ÇéðèÅðå ÔÅñÅå Such controls mean the truck itself will ÓÚ àð¾Õ õ°ç ÔÆ âðÅÂÆÇò³× çÅ Ôð Õ³î Õðé ÓÚ Ãîð¾æ be able to perform all driving functions Ô¯ò¶×ÅÍ under defined operating conditions. ÇÂÔ Õ½î»åðÆ íÅÂÆòÅñÆ Ô¯ðé» ìÅ÷Åð» Áå¶ ×¾âÆÁ» The global partnership will explore ç¶ îÅîñ¶ ÓÚ òÆ ÁÇÜÔ¶ Ô¯ð î½Õ¶ åñÅô¶×ÆÍ opportunities with other markets and ÃòËÚÅÇñå ×¾âÆÁ» ç¶ ÇéðîÅä ÓÚ ÇÂÔ âÅÇÂîñð vehicles as well. çŠǾկ-ÇÂ¾Õ À°μçî éÔƺ ÔËÍ This isn’t Daimler’s only venture in the âÅÇÂîñð àð¾ÕÃ é¶ ÇÂ¾Õ ÃÅñ êÇÔñ» à¯ðÕ ð¯ì¯ÇàÕà autonomous vehicle space. çÅ ò¾âÅ ÇÔ¾ÃÅ õðÆç ÇñÁÅ ÃÆ Áå¶ ÇÂ¾Õ çÔÅÕ¶ Á³çð Daimler Trucks acquired a majority stake À°μÚ ê¾èð çÆÁ» ÃòËÚÅÇñå ×¾âÆÁ» ÇòÕÃå Õðé çÅ in Torc Robotics about a year ago, and has òÅÁçÅ ÕÆåÅ ÃÆÍ already promised to produce highly autoÔÅñ»ÇÕ ò¶î¯ éÅñ éòƺ û޶çÅðÆ ç¶ îÅîñ¶ ÓÚ mated vehicles within a decade. ÕÅð¯ìÅð ÓÚ ÇÔ¾ÃÅ õðÆçäÅ ôÅîñ éÔƺ ÔËÍ The new Waymo partnership does not âÅÇÂîñð àð¾Õà À°μåðÆ ÁîðÆÕÅ ç¶ êÌË÷Æâ˺à involve acquiring a stake in the business. Áå¶ ÃÆ.ÂÆ.ú. ð¯Üð éÆñÃé é¶ ÇÕÔÅ ÇÕ ò¶î¯ éÅñ The partnership with Waymo reinforces íÅÂÆòÅñÆ ÃêñÅÂÆÕðåÅò» ÓÚ ÇÂÔ íð¯ÃÅ Ü×ÅÀ°ºçÆ to suppliers that Daimler is committed to ÔË ÇÕ âÅÇÂîñð ìÅ÷Åð ÓÚ ñËòñ D çÅ àð¾Õ ÇñÁÅÀ°ä bringing a Level 4 truck to market, said Illustration: Waymo åÃòÆð: ò¶î¯ ñÂÆ êÌåÆì¾è ÔËÍ Daimler Trucks North America president and CEO Roger Nielsen. Daimler’s autonomous journey The OEM has been showcasing the potential of automated commercial vehicles since 2014, when it demonstrated the Mercedes-Benz Future Truck, and the following year when it brought the Freightliner Inspiration Truck to Nevada. Many of those underlying technologies emerged in the Level 2 capabilities of Detroit Assurance 5.0, such as the lane-keeping assistance available on today’s Freightliner Cascadias. Meanwhile, the recently formed Daimler Trucks Autonomous Technology Group is setting up a new test center in Albuquerque, NM, in the southwestern region of the U.S. that has become a hotbed of such experiments. Waymo experience with trucks Waymo itself has been developing autonomous vehicle technology for 11 years, and is now deploying the Waymo Driver for tests in Phoenix, Ariz. It began working with commercial trucks in March 2017. A pilot project in 2018 saw hundreds of runs completed to and from Google’s data centers in Atlanta, Ga. The company has also announced that it’s working with Fiat Chrysler to develop Class 1-3 autonomous commercial vehicles, initially integrating the software into the Ram ProMaster van.
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