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TECHNO-TRUCKS * Australia: Driverless trucks closer than many think
* NSW - Autonomous vehicle evolution starts now
(Video by busevi.com: A self-driving Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025. A prototype autonomous truck from Mercedes-Benz)
Sydney,NSW,Australia -ATN, by Paul Howell -16 Dec 2014: -- Autonomous vehicles are now far more fact than fiction, with researchers saying they are likely to be part of the Australian road network before 2019... With Rio Tinto already using autonomous vehicles on private mine sites (outside of the public road network), they say transport companies should be preparing now in order to take advantage of the opportunities that autonomous vehicles will bring to public roads also... Digital lead for consultancy Accenture Australia, David Maunsell says, the pace of change is already exceeding predictions from just 12 months ago. "At the end of 2013, a well-regarded researcher predicted at least four companies would announce plans to build driverless vehicles by 2016," he says. "As it turns out, at least five major announcements were made in 2014 alone" ...
* Sweden - Scania develops smartwatch designed for truck drivers
Södertälje,Sweden --ATN (Australia) -16 Dec 2014: -- Scania has collaborated with Sony Mobile to develop the Black Griffin, a smartwatch that’s designed for truck drivers and can display telematics information... The Black Griffin appears to owe a lot to the design of Sony’s recently released Smartwatch 3, and Scania say that its watch will have similar capabilities. In addition to the regular smartwatch features, Scania says that the watch will allow drivers to see fuel consumption, speed and driving efficiency data on the watch, all sourced from the truck’s telematics...
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