Highway to automation: This is Google’s self-driving Truck

The hype around self-driving vehicles is getting bigger and bigger – particularly because of promising profitability and cost savings. While Daimler, Volvo and Uber are taking a shot at self-driving trucks, Google just announced its first very own vehicle.

Google’s self-driving vehicle division Waymo affirmed that it’s creating autonomous long-haul trucks prior this month. Now, we already can see the first results.

The truck itself seems to be a Peterbilt 579, equipped with an automatic transmission (according to Jalopnik). The hardware for self-driving seems to be basically mounted on the rooftop, which might house a LIDAR dome and four ultrasonic sensors, two at each side. A radar emitter seems to be mounted just above the license plate.