By Suzanne Stempinski, Land Line field editor
In September, I had the chance to do something only a handful of people in the U.S. have done – I got an autonomous truck license. Six months earlier, I hadn’t even considered such a thing. But in May of this year I covered the debut of Freightliner’s Inspiration Truck – the first autonomous truck to be licensed by the state of Nevada. From that moment on, I wanted to get behind the wheel.
The truck was built on the Freightliner Cascadia platform, but amped up with technology developed as part of the Super Truck project and more. Only a small number of Daimler engineers were qualified to operate these vehicles in Nevada. In fact, Daimler developed the certification process for the state of Nevada.
- See more at: Licensed to drive: LL field editor certified to drive autonomous trucks
In September, I had the chance to do something only a handful of people in the U.S. have done – I got an autonomous truck license. Six months earlier, I hadn’t even considered such a thing. But in May of this year I covered the debut of Freightliner’s Inspiration Truck – the first autonomous truck to be licensed by the state of Nevada. From that moment on, I wanted to get behind the wheel.
The truck was built on the Freightliner Cascadia platform, but amped up with technology developed as part of the Super Truck project and more. Only a small number of Daimler engineers were qualified to operate these vehicles in Nevada. In fact, Daimler developed the certification process for the state of Nevada.
- See more at: Licensed to drive: LL field editor certified to drive autonomous trucks