MAN has now built a prototype vehicle, with sensors on the roof and sides of the cab. The vehicle has already successfully covered its first kilometres at MAN's Munich test site and was due to undergo real road testing before the end of 2023.

Contracted by Kaufland, eight Mercedes-Benz eActros 300 trucks will be used to transport goods from Kaufland’s distribution centre in Möckmühl to ten stores in the Ludwigsburg area. All the vehicles are powered by the Einride Saga intelligent platform (digital freight operating system) to optimise routes, charging needs and achieve the highest utilisation rates.

Through their agreement, Torc will access data collected from Uber Freight’s transport network, representing more than USD18bn in active freight under management and more than 100,000 digitally-enable carriers.

Mars Auto develops AI-based self-driving software for freight trucks. In 2019, it was the first company in South Korea to successfully test a self-driving truck.

The Iveco SpA / Plus Inc heavy-duty truck (Iveco S-Way) installed with Plus’s level 4 autonomous driving technology (‘PlusDrive’), is to begin its first customer trial in Q1 2024, with German drugstore retailer, dm-drogerie markt.

A startup cannot live on ideas alone, no matter how good; it must be able to turn them into a viable business case if it is to remove its dependency on investor funds. That was the message of Jean-Claude Bailly, who took over the ailing French tech company Navya SA when it was saved from insolvency earlier this year by Gaussin and Macnica,1 during an interview with Truck & Bus Builder.

The international jury said they chose the FH Electric for its “performance, seamless acceleration, quietness, and vibration-free behaviour.”

The company opened its first lane for driverless trucks connecting Houston and Dallas, Texas. This is supported by its commercial vehicle trucking terminal launched in Palmer (South Texas) earlier this year.

The aim of the consortium's project is to automate a 40-foot bus for automated depot operations, which is expected to revolutionize how buses are stored, operated, and charged.

Vehicle deployment is to take place on the 120 acre campus in mid-2024.

As part of the partnership agreement, ZF is to provide development services, autonomous driving (AD software) and expertise for higher level AD.

The Turkish manufacturer presented a 12-metre fuel cell electric bus, a battery electric coach, a self-driving prototype bus, and a new telematics system called 'BusMonitor'.