Pix: Daimler 'Future Truck 2025'

July 7, 2014
Daimler Trucks recently demonstrated a long-haul commercial truck that operates without driver intervention using a function it calls “Highway Pilot.” Known as the Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025, the truck autonomously maneuvered around obstacles such as slow-moving traffic and a broken-down vehicle on a stretch of autobahn near Magdeburg, Germany, while the driver focused on other matters. (All photos courtesy of Daimler Trucks.)

Just last week, Daimler demonstrated a long-haul commercial truck that operates without driver input via a function the OEM calls “Highway Pilot.” Known as the Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025, the vehicle autonomously maneuvered around obstacles, such as slow-moving traffic and a broken-down vehicle, on a stretch of autobahn near Magdeburg, Germany, while the driver focused on other matters. (Photos courtesy of Daimler )

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