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you and this truck is completely anonymous it does not need any other systems to operate so you can't drive this truck without any assistance any preconditions on any infrastructure and whatsoever it drives by itself it's autonomous it's it's a strange feeling but after a couple kilometers I'm very very comfortable I feel very safe I've been feel very secure and I have to say it's really fun to drive the truck actually it's very simple right you push that button and you lean back and relax that's all that it's about everything else has been done by the system the system takes over and pilots you to the traffic it's just great and super teeny you one we've built technology trucks those have conventional engines but we pair them with very sophisticated systems that increase both the efficiency and the safety of those vehicles now all of these are potentially game-changing technologies and will continue to work on those but we wanted to push ourselves and our vendor partners just a little bit further so let me take a quick moment to introduce some of our partners on this project we have Bill Kahn and Victor Garcia from Peterbilt motors we have Adam Hill with Great Dane trailers and we have Steve Gillette with capstone turbine and so here today for the first time publicly Walmart's advanced vehicle experience what you're seeing in the video is the powertrain which is made up of a micro turbine a battery storage system and an electric motor moving inside the cab through the sliding driver's door you'll see the key difference that allowed for the more dramatic Aero design the driver sits in the center of the console rather than over to the left the dash is electronic and therefore customizable to the gauges and performance data that a particular driver wants to monitor and it's all finished off with a full-size comfortable sleeper moving on to the trailer not only is this the first time a trailer has been made out of carbon fiber but it's actually the first time one piece 53 foot panels of carbon fiber have been manufactured looking at the front of the trailer you can see that the nose is convex which increases the aerodynamics of the entire package as well as adding additional cargo space inside the trailer my name is Bill Condon manager of advanced concepts of Peterbilt motors and the program director on the wave project we've missed a little bit about the aerodynamics of the truck but let me elaborate a little bit further you notice with the center console driver were able to taper the nose of the VA and more another key feature is that because we have an advanced powertrain we do not need to have the radiator in from the vehicle anymore this relates to 20% improvement in aerodynamics over melt over Walmart's existing Peterbilt fleet if you think about it 20% aerodynamic improvement relates directly to a 10% improvement in fuel economy hello my name's Adam Hill from Great Dane trailers and I would like to talk to you today about this newest technology at Walmart commissioned us to build this true piece of equipment over the road trailer is made primarily of carbon fiber material carbon fiber is about 10 times stronger than steel but it's lighter than fiberglass and that is one of the biggest reasons that it was chosen to highlight the technology of this equipment this trailer has the capability of being fully loaded with a standard cargo load it can handle forklift traffic for backhauls and it is 100% d-o-t legal there are several technologies that went into this trailer besides the carbon fiber which gives us about 4000 pounds of weight savings when SPECT very similar to a conventional Walmart fleet trailer hi I'm Steve Gillette with capstone turbine gas turbines were evaluated by Peterbilt back in the 60s while they proved to be robust fuel efficiency was lacking an advantage of the capstone microturbine is that it can operate on natural gas or other fuels this will help Walmart achieve its goal of using 100% renewable fuels in the future the emissions is extremely low and does not require after treatment or use any diesel emissions fuels the micro turbine is spinning at high speed on air bearings so there's no oil to change and the turbine is air cooled eliminating the need for a large radiator which allows for a more aerodynamic design truck like the one you see here