The early days of heavy truck electrification, automation

The early days of heavy truck electrification, automation

If you want to pick a milestone in the convergence of trucks and new mobility, rewind six and a half years to the evening of May 5, 2015.

Daimler introduced what it called the world’s first autonomous truck licensed to drive on public roads, and it did so in a spectacle worthy of Hollywood. It sent the truck, aptly named the Freightliner Inspiration, on an autonomous trek across the Hoover Dam while simultaneously projecting video images onto the dam’s massive concrete wall.

The 30-minute show earned Daimler a Guinness world record for the projection with the highest-ever light output — 1.17 […]

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