TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS AUTONOMOUS Peterbilt, Aurora unveil SAE Level 4 autonomous truck Peterbilt and Aurora have unveiled an autonomous-capable truck at CES 2022 in Las Vegas. The autonomous drive system, dubbed Aurora Driver, is making its commercial truck debut in a Peterbilt Model 579 truck. The system is capable of SAE Level 4 autonomous operation and was developed and integrated into the truck in partnership with Aurora. Aurora announced its strategic partTOHE Isuzu Ad 0621.qxp_Horizontal Spread 5/11/21 8:41 PM Page 1 nership with PACCAR in the first quarter of 2021 with the intention to develop and deliver vehicles for the company's first commercial truck application. The Model 579 also was introduced in early 2021 and was touted by the company as " the most technologically advanced truck Peterbilt has ever built. " Peterbilt states that the new Model 579 features major improvements to attributes such as aerodynamics, fuel efficiency, driver The new Model 579 is the first commercialtruck application for Aurora Drive and its Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave lidar. comfort and longer service intervals for increased uptime. " As an industry leader in safety and technology, Peterbilt has a rich history of delivering customers trucks outfitted with the very highest level of safety systems and technologic advancements, " said Jason Skoog, Peterbilt general manager and PACCAR vice president. " The New Model 579 with Aurora's technology is a perfect representation of the continuation of this history. " The power behind it all.™ 3C 8.8 - 17.8 kW .99L - 1.6L 4L 30 - 49 kW 2.2L 2.2L 2L 4J 52 - 84 kW 3.0L 4H 129 - 140 kW 5.2L 4HV1 Natural Gas / Propane NG LP 78.4 HP (58.5 kW) @ 1800 RPM 79.8 HP (59.5 kW) @ 2200 RPM 4.6 L 6U 170 - 270 kW 9.8L 6W 250 - 382 kW 15.7L Technologically 82.5 HP (61.5 kW) @ 1800 RPM 56.3 HP (41.9 kW) @ 2200 RPM 4.6 L 6H 130 - 210 kW 7.8L PETERBILThttp://info.hotims.com/82342-705