TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS AUTONOMOUS Strategic partnerships target SAE Level-4 trucks DAIMLER TRUCKS The parade of strategic partnerships in the autonomous-trucking space continues with Daimler Trucks and Waymo teaming to develop SAE Level-4 trucks. The Oct. 27 announcement followed Navistar and then Traton, which agreed to acquire the remainder of Navistar for $3.7 billion in mid-October, partnering with San Diego-based TuSimple on L4 technology deployment. The initial effort involves a " unique version " of Daimler's Freightliner Cascadia being equipped with a scaled version of Waymo's automateddriver technology, which has been developed and refined over the past decade since starting as the Google SelfDriving Car Project in 2009. Waymo claims its dubbed " World's Most Experienced Driver " L4 setup has driven more than 20 million miles (32 million km) on public roads across the U.S. and 15 billion miles (24 billion km) in simulation. When the Cascadia truck with Waymo Driver will become available was not specified. Customers in the U.S. will see the autonomous truck " in the coming years, " and the companies will investigate expansion to other markets and brands " in the near future. " " This partnership complements Daimler Trucks' dual-strategy approach, of working with two strong partners to deliver autonomous L4 solutions that are seamlessly integrated with our bestin-class trucks, to our customers, " Martin Daum, chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck AG and member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, said in a statement. TOHE Eberspacher Ad 0819.qxp_1/2 Page Island 7/25/19 3:16 PM Page 1 Daimler Trucks and Torc are working with Luminar to integrate and further develop its lidar and perception platform. TRUCK & OFF-HIGHWAY ENGINEERING Free Info at http://info.hotims.com/76534-703 December 2020 9http://info.hotims.com/76534-703