[VIDEO] WABCO Demonstrates Innovations in Autonomous Trucking

Watch some of WABCO's latest autonomous and advanced driver assistance technologies in action at its test track in Jeversen, Germany.

August 16, 2018

The commercial vehicle industry is accelerating toward a future of increasingly autonomous, connected and electric vehicles. WABCO, an American provider of electronic braking, stability, suspension and transmission automation systems for heavy duty commercial vehicles, is leading the way in technologies that enable truck, bus and trailer manufacturers to realize their vision for self-driving vehicles.

Watch some of WABCO's latest autonomous and advanced driver assistance technologies in action at its test track in Jeversen, Germany.

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