Daimler Trucks On-highway Platooning Demonstration

    March 24, 2016
    Watch as Daimler Trucks' semi-autonomous platooning systems links three trucks on an active highway and they navigate midday truck and car traffic.

    Daimler Trucks' Highway Pilot Connect allows up to 10 trucks to link up as a platoon, running with just 15 meters between them in a semi-autonomous mode, meaning drivers can sit back with hands off the steering wheels as the system takes car of steering, throttle control and braking.

    This live demonstration on an active German autobahn during the middle of a weekday shows how three trucks form into a platoon and how they react when another vehicle cuts between them or when the platoon changes lanes.

    For more on the Highway Pilot Connect system and Daimler's vision for the connected truck.

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    Jim Mele

    Jim Mele is a former longtime editor-in-chief of FleetOwner. He joined the magazine in 1986 and served as chief editor from 1999 to 2017. 

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