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Exclusive: Watching Waymo build autonomous Freightliner Cascadias
DETROIT — Manufacturing of Waymo Via robot-driven Freightliner Cascadias, part of the future of long-haul trucking, resides in a century-old industrial building on St. Aubin Street where Chevrolet Gear & Axle operated in the mid-20th century heyday of General Motors.
But you wouldn’t know it from the sign outside. There isn’t one.
Before the subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet Inc. arrived in 2019, the complex housed American Axle & Manufacturing, a 1990s startup that took over five axle plants...
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A virtual ride-along in Waymo Via’s latest Class 8 autonomous truck
Waymo Via took to the freeways outside Phoenix on Wednesday to demonstrate its fifth generation of Level 4 autonomous Class 8 trucking.
The system is still “years away” from production. And while the drive was real, invited media experienced it virtually.
Lessons from Waymo Via’s Peterbilt-based heavy-duty trucks traveling Interstate 10 and Arizona 202 freeways are shared with Waymo’s more mature autonomous ride-hailing service. Waymo operates Chrysler Pacifica minivans without drivers in...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/a-virtual-ride-along-in-waymo-vias-latest-class-8-autonomous-truck