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Description: 2020 Freightliner Cascadia : Meet The First Semi Self Driving Truck On Our Roads By 2019 The heavyweight division of Daimler in North America in 2019 produces the first independent heavyweight level 2, the Freightliner Cascadia. The manufacturer will invest 500 million euros to move to a level 4 autonomy in the time to come ... But it is not too "platooning" for the moment. Daimler accelerates to the highly automated truck. The German car manufacturer will invest 500 million euros in the coming years to develop the autonomous driving level 4 for trucks. At level 4, the vehicle will be fully automated in defined areas, and the driver will not be forced to supervise driving. He will be able to go about his business without looking at the road and it is the truck's autonomous system that will fully handle unforeseen events. Daimler expects this technology to be available in the next decade. He will create an R & D center in Portland (Oregon, USA), and will hire 200 engineers, to accomplish this mission, he announced at CES in Las Vegas. Other R & D centers of the manufacturer in Stuttgart (Germany) and Bangalore (India) will be involved. The bus and truck division will of course rely on the work of its counterparts of light vehicles and vans, which will save time. But the development of autonomous driving for trucks involves a change of scale. "The driving behavior due to a larger mass or other deceleration values ​​and other driving characteristics, for example in the curves, impose much higher demands on the system," says the manufacturer. And the transport industry requires the use of vehicles in all conditions, at night, in the rain or snow, and rough terrain causing significant vibrations: it is about its economic competitiveness. While waiting for the level 4, Daimler presents to the CES the first independent heavyweight of level 2 of series, the Cascadia of its mark Freightliner. It features Adaptive Cruise Control "Detroit Assurance 5", consisting of sensors (radar and cameras) and data analysis software to delegate longitudinal and lateral driving to the vehicle at any speed. The driver must nevertheless keep his hands on the steering wheel and watch the road to be able to regain control at any time, and the vehicle is content to stay in his lane keeping a minimum distance with the vehicle in front. At this stage of autonomy, it is the driver who must eventually make the decision to overtake on the highway and not the vehicle. But the system is able to detect vehicles or pedestrians in the blind spot of the vehicle and prevent it from drifting. As for the possibility of seeing semi-autonomous vehicles run in automated convoys on the highway, it is not for right now according to Daimler. Not that technology is not available. But his interest seems limited. "Daimler Trucks has been testing peloton racing for a number of years, especially in the United States, where the benefits are expected to be greatest. The results show that fuel savings, which should be made possible by aerodynamic gains, are lower than expected, even under perfect conditions, with trucks very close together. " Daimler will continue to work with others to develop the technology ... but not with overwhelming enthusiasm.