Dear MEL School’s
Topic Readers,
Truck of the
future aims to drive itself
When cars drive
themselves, the person sitting next the passenger’s seat in front of the
vehicle may no longer be called a “driver.”
The German luxury
automaker, Mercedes, is also one of the largest truck producers. They’ve test
driven its first auto-driving 18 wheeler on autobahn where cars drive without
speed limit. The test truck didn’t drive crazy though, only at 80 km per hour
just to be fuel efficient. The eyes of the “operator” of the truck were
completely off the road watching a cooking video. His hands were operating not
the steering wheel but his tablet PC, and his feet are both off the pedals and
never throttled the accelerator or put on the brake.
Some or most of
the technologies applied on this future truck are already available, such as
smart cruise control or guidance/mapping system. Even American IT giant Google
has been test driving auto-drivable vehicles on the street. Future seems to be
getting closer.
Enjoy reading and
learning what your next or the next to the next vehicle may be like.
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