Peterbilt Technology Showcase
The Peterbilt 579 Epiq is the company's most fuel-efficient truck ever.
The Walmart Technology Vehicle, a concept/demonstration truck, uses four separate camera systems that feed into a special display in the sunvisor.
Fender-mounted cameras give drivers a better view than mirrors and offer less aerodynamic drag.
In the rear of the Walmart Technology vehicle is a set of backup cameras that allow drivers to see the trailer kingpin while backing and make sure it locks into place.
In the rear of the Walmart Technology vehicle is a set of backup cameras that allow drivers to see the trailer kingpin while backing and make sure it locks into place.
Four separate cameras give drivers a birds-eye view of the Walmart Technology Vehicle and its surroundings.
An infrared camera on the Walmart Technology Vehicle can "see" four times farther and recognize the outline of a pedestrian or animal.
The view offered drivers from the Walmart Technology Vehicle's fender-mounted cameras.
Bumper-mounted radar and lidar cameras work with a windshield mounted camera, GPS and vehicle-to-vehicle communications.
Reporters got a chance to ride and drive a number of advanced-technology vehicles at the Texas Motor Speedway.
Peterbilt showed off its take on autonomous vehicle technologies, which it is calling "advanced driver assist systems."
Peterbilt characterizes the technology more as the "cruise control of the future" and a "stepping stone to autonomous vehicles."
Brent Hankins with Peterbilt's Advanced Technology Group demonstrates advanced driver assist systems.
