Autonomous truck traveled from St. Petersburg to Kazan for the first time

The Navio tractor covered the 1,600 km St. Petersburg-Kazan route in 24 hours. This was reported in the press release of the manufacturing company on August 13.

The autonomous truck drove along the M-11 Neva, A-113 Central Ring Road and M-12 Vostok highways in 24 hours. A standard flight from St. Petersburg to Kazan takes an average of 58 hours, as the driver must comply with work and rest conditions, the press release says.

According to the developers of the machine, increasing the range of autonomous trucks will reduce the downtime of the fleet due to the shortage of drivers, and increase the volume of cargo transportation on long logistics routes between regions.

A photorealistic NavioSim simulator was used to train the autonomous truck. It allows you to model routes of any complexity and duration in various road and climatic conditions.

They drive themselves: driverless cars may appear on Russian roads

Russia to expand experiment on operation of self-driving cars

In February, experts from Yakov and Partners predicted that more than 80% of cars in Russia could become self-driving by 2042.

The study "Robot driving: prospects for the transition to self-driving cars in Russia" states that in ten years more than a quarter of cars on Russian roads will be unmanned. Moreover, by 2042, the share of autonomous transport will reach 80%.

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