Daimler to test self-driving trucks in Germany this year: paper


  • TECH
  • Monday, 27 Jul 2015

Coming soon: Daimler's self-driving trucks are slated to enter the testing phase this year, says a board member. Photo: Reuters

FRANKFURT: German carmaker Daimler is planning to test self-driving trucks as early as this year, executive board member Wolfgang Bernhard told a German newspaper. 

"We are positive that we will get approval for tests on German motorways within the next weeks," Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung quoted him as saying. "Then we will start immediately." 

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