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101 AutoData | October 2018 It is no exaggeration to say that the IAA 2018 made it clear: the future of the commercial vehicles segment is coming much faster than expected – soon, it will be normal to coexist with autonomously driven buses and trucks. The auto parts companies, and systems suppliers, developers or new equipment investors had a remarkable presence in the event alongside the big automobile manufacturers. Attentive to the fact that they will not be just simple auto parts or systems manufacturers anymore in the near future, they are now dedicating much of their development efforts to the advanced technologies. ZF presented products that can help make trucks smarter and safer in urban traffic: one of them monitors the side of the vehicle and immediately alerts the driver about possible risks, eliminating the challenging blind spots. The technology is connected to the autonomous driving system and, if necessary, can slow the vehicle’s speed or even stop it in case of emergency. Bosch focused its presentation on electro-mobility for semitrailers: the trailer’s axles have an electric motor, of recoverable energy while braking that can be transferred to electrical needs of the implement. By the manufacturer’ calculations, in the case of the cooling trailer the technology can save 9 thousand liters of diesel per year. Systems suppliers also called the attention in Hannover