CES 2020: Kenworth quietly reveals autonomous truck

Jan 14, 2020 at 08:35 AM CST
Kenworth Truck Co. skipped the fanfare in debuting its proof-of-concept Level 4 autonomous truck at CES 2020 because the Paccar Inc. (NASDAQ: PCAR) brand is focused on learning what to expect from automated driving. “We have a pretty good plan and it’s going to take a lot of validation work once we get it to the point where it can run hands off and we’re confident of it,” Brian Lindgren, Kenworth research and development director, told FreightWaves. “Doing all of the validation work is going to be a couple of years to prove in different situations that you can’t always foresee when you’re designing it.”

Jan 14, 2020 at 08:35 AM CST

Kenworth Truck Co. skipped the fanfare in debuting its proof-of-concept Level 4 autonomous truck at CES 2020 because the Paccar Inc. (NASDAQ: PCAR) brand is focused on learning what to expect from automated driving. “We have a pretty good plan and it’s going to take a lot of validation work once we get it to the point where it can run hands off and we’re confident of it,” Brian Lindgren, Kenworth research and development director, told FreightWaves. “Doing all of the validation work is going to be a couple of years to prove in different situations that you can’t always foresee when you’re designing it.”