Daimler Trucks and Waymo are joining hands on autonomous L4 technology. The companies for this have also entered into a strategic partnership. Their initial effort will combine Waymo’s automated driver technology with a version of Daimler’s Freightliner Cascadia, to enable autonomous driving.
Waymo is well known for its autonomous vehicle technology and since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has been focused on building the World’s Most Experienced Driver that has driven over 20 million miles on public roads across 25 U.S. cities and 15 billion miles in simulation.
Daimler Trucks North America, Daimler Trucks’ U.S. subsidiary, parent company of the Freightliner brand and the a leader in commercial vehicle manufacturing, provides their experience in developing state of the art Class 8 vehicles.
Both Waymo and Daimler Trucks share the common goal of improving road safety and efficiency for fleet customers. The autonomous Freightliner Cascadia truck, equipped with the Waymo Driver, will be available to customers in the U.S. in the coming years. Waymo and Daimler Trucks will investigate expansion to other markets and brands in the near future.
