- Daimler and Waymo announced a strategic partnership to develop and deploy autonomous trucks.
- The collaboration will focus initially on integrating redundant safety systems into a custom chassis.
- Waymo CEO: “We always had a plan to unlock the Class 8 automated driver.”
Two of the biggest names in trucking and autonomous vehicles announced a partnership on Tuesday, raising the stakes in the race among OEMs and startups alike to get fully autonomous trucks on the road.
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