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ottobre 13, 2021 - Daimler

Entrepreneurship and autonomous trucking: Martin Daum & Austin Russell, CEO of Luminar Technologies, in a podcast discussion

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Stuttgart – In the current episode of his #podcast Transportation Matters, #martindaum, CEO of #daimlertruck AG, talks with #austinrussell, CEO of Luminar Technologies. Luminar is a U.S. based high-tech specialist in the field of autonomous driving. The discussion focuses on the topics of "entrepreneurship" and "automated trucking". #austinrussell is considered a "tech Wunderkind" who, at the age of 17, founded his company, Luminar, which went public in 2020. At the end of this year, #martindaum together with his Board of Management team will lead #daimlertruck AG to autonomy following the company's spin-off.

Both companies have entered a strategic partnership with the objective of bringing autonomous series-production trucks (SAE Level 4) to the roads. In line with this the partners are further developing Luminar's Lidar technology; a type of three-dimensional laser scanning for object recognition at high speeds and thus for operation in long-distance haulage on US highways. The ultimate goal of both companies is to make safe operation of autonomous trucks possible and thus to contribute to the further development of the entire sector.

Martin Daum: "Entrepreneurship is an important driving force behind progress. Without this force, ideas would simply remain ideas. They only become real products and services with entrepreneurship. For example, a considerable amount of entrepreneurial spirit is required to make the extremely safe and efficient transportation of the future reality with autonomous trucks. I will be talking to #austinrussell, one of the great pioneers of the American high-tech industry, about how he is working towards this vision and how he became an entrepreneur at an early age."