MAN Truck & Bus, Knorr-Bremse, LEONI and Bosch are joining forces for greater safety, flexibility and efficiency in logistics. Together with automated logistics provider FERNRIDE, test tool manufacturer BTC Embedded Systems and the research service provider for human factors topics WIVW, they aim to have autonomously driving trucks on the highway for the first time by the middle of this decade in the ATLAS-L4 project. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Technical University of Braunschweig are providing scientific support for the project, while TÜV SÜD and Autobahn GmbH are contributing their expertise with regard to practical feasibility and the approval process.