Less than a year after Daimler Trucks North America showcased the Freightliner Inspiration Truck as the first autonomous truck operating on an open public highway in Las Vegas, Daimler Trucks took the next step in truck autonomy by demoing the Highway Pilot Connect system on the German Autobahn. Highway Pilot Connect takes the autonomous truck operation we saw a year ago and evolves it with platooning technology that allows three trucks (and possibly more in the future) to operate in concert utilizing the same self-driving technology.