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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
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Coreena Ford

North East driverless truck project steps up a gear as trials take place with ground-breaking tech

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A project aiming to determine whether driverless trucks can be used to deliver parts in the North East’s automotive supply chain has stepped up a gear.

Vantec, a part of Hitachi Transport Systems Ltd, has started testing the UK’s first 5G connected autonomous truck in Sunderland as part of the 5G CAL (Connected and Automated Logistics) project.

Following the announcement of Terberg as a partner, plus the arrival of the autonomous and electric tractor unit in the North East in March, the 5G CAL proof of concept trial is en route to becoming the first in the UK to deliver Zero Emission Automated Logistics. Terberg’s HGV is now at Vantec in Sunderland and has now been equipped with the autonomous and teleoperation technology.

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