MAN Truck & Bus with ADASTEC · self-driving truck
MAN ATLAS-L4 autonomous truck
A MAN tractor built in a federally funded 12-partner project to run Level 4 hub-to-hub freight on German motorways under remote technical supervision. Tests so far have carried a safety driver.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Received Germany's first Level 4 test approval for a commercial vehicle from the Federal Motor Transport Authority in April 2024.
Real-world use
Motorway test drives from April 2024 with a safety driver; MAN plans customer hub-to-hub projects and series production toward the end of the decade.
Maker
MAN Truck & Bus with ADASTECCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Safety driver on board
- Where it runs
- German motorways (test)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
How much public attention MAN ATLAS-L4 autonomous truck gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
Lineage
Every MAN Truck & Bus (TRATON) and ATLAS-L4 consortium vehicle in order.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | MAN ATLAS-L4 autonomous truckMAN Truck & Bus (TRATON) and ATLAS-L4 consortium |  Freightliner Cascadia autonomous (Torc Virtual Driver)Torc Robotics and Daimler Truck North AmericaSame job: freight · Both on wheels · Both in development |  Stack AV autonomous Peterbilt 579Stack AV with PACCAR / PeterbiltSame job: freight · Both on wheels · Both in development |
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| First shown | 2024-04 | 2024 | 2026-05 |
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Sources
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