Commercial EV truck of Tesla aiming at automation of mass transport by automatic driving truck in "Platoon" running



Delivery of "Model 3" of mass electric vehicles (EV) began, Reuters reports that Tesla, which is accelerating towards the spread of EV, is planning to install an "automatic driving function" on the EV truck (electric trailer). Automated driving truck planned by Tesla is aimed at automating mass transit by "platoon" running which moves with formation.

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Tesla is already announced that it is developing an EV truck commercial in 2016, showing off a vehicle of EV track of the next level in on Elon Musk CEO in April 2017 is Twitter, "September 2017 Plan, "and the general meeting of shareholders held in June 2017 revealed that the same plan was progressing as planned.


Regarding the EV track, Reuters got a mail with Tesla and Regulatory Authority (DMV) on the automobile in the state of Nevada in the US, and discussed "On-road test of" automatic driving function "that Tesla puts on the EV truck under development It is reported. Mask CEO's "next level" is the automation of transportation trucks.

According to Reuters, Tesla is developing an automatic driving technique for EV trucks that realizes the "platoon" operation in which multiple trucks follow the back of the leader's truck about. Platoon driving makes it possible to unmanned the following trucks, making it easier for truck drivers to take breaks and to reduce the number of drivers themselves. In addition, it is unknown whether to completely unmanned the first track itself that will bring tracks.

Long-distance trucks that transport goods are mainly driven by highways without intersections and traffic lights. Since the speed of operation is constant, the hurdle of technology required for automatic operation is relatively low, making it the easiest to put into practical use It is considered to be an automatic driving technology. for that reason,DaimlerNot only automobile manufacturers such asUberYaGoogleHigh-tech enterprises such as Hokkaido and other high-tech enterprises are also participating in the race, and public road driving tests using automatic driving trucks have already been started in Europe.

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According to Reuters, Tesla's Nasser Zamani, who is in charge of negotiating with the regulatory authorities, in April 2017 to the DMV in Nevada, saying, "In order to guarantee that we are on the same page, The goal is to realize a test that runs on a state boundary between Nevada and California continuously in a pratoon running and autonomous mode ". In addition, we do not mention the date of the public road test. In addition, Reuters has revealed that he exchanged opinions by e-mail about holding a meeting on June 16, 2017.

However, some experts say that "EV trucks" developed by Tesla are difficult to put into practical use due to the short cruising distance due to battery restrictions. Venkat Viswanathan of Carnegie Mellon University says that if you try to compete with a truck that uses diesel fuel, the loading platform will be filled with a lithium battery and I think the practical application of the EV truck is premature .

Furthermore, Jessica Gonzalez, a spokesperson for DMV in California state, revealed Reuters that Tesla asked for a meeting setting to explain the efforts on EV trucks that can run autonomously, but on the level of automatic driving He said he did not hear it. Nevada DMV has also stated that "Tesla has not received permission for road tests so far so far".

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