* Nevada - Self-driving Freightliner Truck licensed
-- At a ceremony late Tuesday at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Nevada Gov., Brian Sandoval. officially granted the first license for an autonomous commercial truck to operate on an open public highway in the United States to Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA)... At the event — hosted by DTNA President & CEO Martin Daum — Gov. Sandoval took part in the inaugural trip of the Freightliner Inspiration Truck in autonomous (self-driving) mode with Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard, a member of the board of management of Daimler AG Daimler Trucks & Buses, at the controls... Nevada was selected as the demonstration location because it is one of four states, plus the District of Columbia, with laws regulating autonomous vehicle operation. Nevada legislation passed in 2011 and 2013 regulates the testing and operation of autonomous vehicles... The legislation includes commercial trucks and sets standards specifying the number of miles an autonomous vehicle must have been tested in certain conditions before it can be granted a license to be driven in Nevada... Daimler obtained a special permit from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles to operate the Freightliner Inspiration Truck on public roads near Las Vegas after supplying state officials with detailed information on the safety systems in the truck and the training program for the drivers...
Las Vegas, NEV, USA - Trucking News - May 6, 2015Labels: truckmakers news USA
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