autonomous driving

According to MAN, in the long term, the efficient use of autonomous trucks can reduce overall operating costs by ten to 15 per cent. The new technology can also alleviate the driver shortage. There is already a shortage of up to 100,000 truck drivers in Germany alone.

Volkswagen aims to develop an autonomous Level 4 service vehicle for large-scale production. The target is to use this vehicle in the commercial sector, for mobility and transport services in Europe and the USA. The main part of the agreement covers delivery and use of a self-driving system (SDS) fo...

MAN Truck & Bus, Deutsche Bahn, Hochschule Fresenius University of Applied Sciences and Götting KG have jointly achieved groundbreaking research results in the use of an autonomous truck in container logistics.

The Senate of California recently passed a bill that would require the presence of operators inside the vehicles, even when they're driverless.

On the road to series production readiness, the self-driving all-electric Volkswagen ID. Buzz AD (Autonomous Driving) will be hitting the road for the first time over the next few weeks. Volkswagen’s test programme has also launched in parallel in Austin, Texas, USA.

In Austin, Volkswagen Group of America will use its growing test fleet of ID. Buzz AD vehicles to collect data through driven miles across a diversity of driving scenarios. Each of the initial SAE L4 ID. Buzz vehicles is outfitted with an autonomous driving technology platform developed by the globa...