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Daimler’s driverless semi trucks will hit the road in 2027

Electric and autonomous.

Daimler Truck is “fully committed” to bringing the autonomous Freightliner to series production, but only when the company deems the technology safe enough to begin testing on public roads. The demonstrator that Daimler revealed today runs on Torc’s computer system, though the company says it will also produce trucks that use Waymo’s technology. The demonstrator’s sensor bar, which is situated over the top of the vehicle’s windshield, “gives us a very rich perception of the environment so that the virtual driver can make the necessary decisions,” said Suman Narayanan, Daimler’s director of autonomous driving engineering.

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