BPW Group of Wiehl, Germany, a producer of trailer running gear and associated chassis technologies, is to lead a consortium in the development of an autonomous trailer.

Livox Technology Co Ltd is collaborating with China’s largest truck manufacturer, FAW Jiefang Automotive Co Ltd, and Suzhou Zhito Technology Co Ltd in the development, production and integration of lidar systems for facilitating autonomous driving in heavy duty trucks.

ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Control Systems division has invested around EUR18m expanding the Erich Reinecke Test Track in Jeversen and adding to its commercial vehicle testing capabilities for trucks and buses.

Hamburg-based Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH (40% owned by ZF) has commissioned ZF Friedrichshafen AG to produce its next generation “ibeoNEXT” LiDAR system, including the systems’ electronic control unit.

Lidar detection system manufacturer, Livox Technology Co Ltd, has developed  two new product solutions, the Mid-70, for blind spot free short range detection and Avia, for improved long range detection.

September 2020 marks a year of Daimler Trucks North America Inc and Torc Robotics working together after the US-based automated driving technology company became part of Daimler Trucks’ Autonomous Technology Group.

North America’s largest bus and coach builder, New Flyer of America Inc - a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc - has announced it will deploy North America’s first automated heavy-duty transit bus as part of a demonstration of automated driving technology led by the Connecticut Department of Transportation with funding from the Federal Transit Administration under the IMI initiative.

Navistar International Corporation and TuSimple, a global self-driving technology company, have entered a strategic partnership to co-develop SAE Level 4 self-driving trucks targeted for production by 2024.

Six months on from when Wabco Holdings Inc made a three-year agreement with global innovation platform, Plug and Play, Wabco’s Global Head of Technology Scouting, Dr Gandert Van Raemdonck, has provided an update on the company’s progress of this recent collaboration.

PJSC KamAZ has developed a prototype of a cab-less autonomous (self-driving) electric truck, called Kamaz-3373 Chelnok (Shuttle) for operations in closed spaces.

Hexagon AB has signed an agreement to acquire Romax Technology Ltd, a provider of Computer Aided Engineering software for electromechanical drivetrain design and simulation.

The Irizar Group unveiled its first ever autonomous bus in Malaga last month.