A big semitrailer truck cruises along the Interstate 10 highway headed for Houston, Texas. Its cargo? Fresh strawberries from the California coast. The special thing about this apparently everyday freight transport is that no one is sitting behind the wheel – the truck drives itself. A utopia? More like a snapshot of the near future. In fact, after millions of monitored test kilometers under real traffic conditions and in simulated tests, fully self-driving trucks are about to make their debut on US highways – thanks to key technology from Continental on board, developed together with partner Aurora. Here, built-in safety systems play a crucial role.
