Daimler, Torc Continue Autonomous Truck Collab

 

Daimler Truck and Torc Robotics are in their third year of partnership, and are working toward commercialization of the first scalable, profitable Level 4 autonomous truck.

This past year, Torc expanded on-road testing, and is currently testing the Level 4 trucks on public roads in Virginia, New Mexico, and Texas, with continued route expansion in the works.

Meanwhile, Portland-based Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is refining a truck chassis, a Freightliner Cascadia, to integrate seamlessly with autonomous vehicle systems, adding redundancies for safety-critical components like steering, braking, and powernet, Daimler officials said in a press release. The Torc team continues developing software, testing, and systems integration.

“We are concentrating on one OEM truck platform (Daimler Trucks North America’s Freightliner Cas-cadia), one business case (long-haul trucking), and one environment (U.S. interstate highways),” ex-plained Torc CEO Michael Fleming. “Commercializing self-driving trucks is a very complex endeavor and we are first solving the least complex use case, then expanding our product reach as the technical capabilities are proven.”

He added: “I am absolutely convinced that Torc will be the first company to a profitable scalable product in the autonomous truck space. We move to the next level of complexity when we have proven our program.”

 

Original article at HDT Trucking Info

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