Testing of Terminal 4.0

Transportwesen 4.0: For years MAN has been testing automated driving in real-life operation. The technology is proving its worth on the freeway and also in logistics terminals. An overview of completed and ongoing projects.

Corporate responsibility is not a luxury that companies may treat themselves to. Such issues as climate protection, sustainability and diversity must be made a part of strategic decision-making if a company is to achieve commercial success over the long term.

Like a brain, a central computer in the new MAN truck processes all the information and controls processes within the vehicle. This opens up endless possibilities, says EE architect Stefan Teuchert. The new MAN truck generation can be equipped with new functions that dock into the existing system over its useful life.

Platooning involves two or more equally spaced trucks driving on the motorway – in a convoy threaded like pearls on a necklace. DB Schenker, MAN and Fresenius University of Applied Sciences have now tested the autonomous convoys under real conditions. Five experts identify the major benefits.

No innovation occupies the transport industry more than autonomous driving. MAN, the Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG and the shipping company Jakob Weets are currently testing how it can be made suitable for everyday use with their Hamburg TruckPilot project.

These are the answers to the greatest challenges facing the transport sector: MAN used its new corporate responsibility report for 2019 to put the emphasis on a clean, safe and considerate transport system. 

Anyone wanting to avoid costly mistakes when converting to electric mobility has to plan with a long-term perspective. MAN Transport Solutions can help with this.

Hybrid buses are extending the boundaries of the possible in environmentally friendly urban transport. These hybrids are now operating in Barcelona, Vienna, Dresden, Paris, Wolfsburg and Lübeck. These five innovations combines the bus with MAN EfficientHybrid.

Site visit to the MAN truck plant in Krakow: high cycle rates, delivery reliability and optimum ergonomics are the hallmarks of the now award-winning plant. This is where our heavy-duty trucks in the TGX, TGS and TGS WW series are produced. 

Manuel Marx and Stephan Schütt made it. Their idea on paper has been transformed into a production-ready new truck. We visited the chief developers at MAN.

Transporting timber is considered to be a particularly demanding field within trucking. MAN ProfiDrive^® is now providing special training specifically for this sector, because even diehard timber drivers still have much to learn. 

Machinery and trucks are rolling over the world's largest construction sites to meet the growing demand for living space, offices and infrastructure. This sustained boom is resulting in more and more orders. Five developments with a view to the future.

In Salzburg, the name Stiegl not only stands for the best beer, but also for sustainability. So now, among other things, this traditional brewery is using an all-electric MAN TGM 26.360 E for its deliveries.

Companies benefit in many ways from pursuing clearly defined corporate responsibility goals. A few figures with an impression.

The first MAN hackathon involved 23 teams developing innovative solutions for all aspects of electric mobility, transport logistics and the future of the transport ecosystem. Two teams from the MAN ranks were especially successful.