ZF announced that it will be bringing higher levels of safety system integration along with next-generation camera and radar systems to market next year at the NACV Show in Atlanta.
ReAx from ZF was originally designed as something that would make it easier to steer a truck at lower speeds, but it has become a key component in automated driver assist features and may someday enable fully autonomous driving.
Autonomous trucks aren’t as far off as you might think, or hope. Equipment Editor Jim Park got a chance to see how one such system works in a test scenario at the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty, Ohio.
Medium-duty truck builders will soon have a groundbreaking transmission to add to their data books, and heavy-truck makers will have more steering assist options thanks to recently demonstrated technologies from German supplier ZF.
Beginning next year, ZF will use a two-lens camera system to improve the performance and functionality of various advanced driver safety features. A second lens enables redundancy for Level2+ autonomous functions and offers wide-angle field of view for pedestrian detection.
ZF and Wabco say their merger will create a leading global integrated systems provider for commercial vehicle technology.
Mitja Schulz, senior vice president, Commercial Vehicle Technology for ZF, spoke with HDT about how advanced technologies can improve efficiency and safety for trucking.
ZF says it is the first manufacturer in Germany to deliver parts via drones during manufacturing operations.
ZF says its new Interior Observation System can monitor drivers and passengers in a vehicle to help save lives and reduce injuries during an accident.
ZF Friedrichshafen AG has reported that in the first half of this year, its sales rose to 18.7 billion euros ($21.9 billion) and its adjusted operating profit (EBIT) amounted to approximately 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion).