Unmanned trucks Kamaz will carry commercial cargo from St. Petersburg to Moscow along the M-11 Neva highway on June 14. This was reported in the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation on June 12.
The carriers PEK, Globaltruck and Gazpromneft-Snabzhenie are participating in the Unmanned Logistics Corridors project, RIA Novosti reports. It is clarified that the unmanned delivery of goods takes place within the framework of the experimental legal regime (EPR) program.
Thus, the requirements of the EPR state that unmanned vehicles are allowed for operation on the M-11 highway, which has passed an assessment of compliance with safety requirements conducted by the FSUE NAMI testing laboratory and which the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs classified as unmanned. At the moment, Kamaz has passed the established procedures.
The Ministry of Transport said that in the future it is planned to release unmanned trucks “Sberavtotekh”, whose equipment has been certified by “NAMI”. At the same time, other companies that have to undergo certification are engaged in similar developments.
Deputy Minister Dmitry Bakanov noted that the Ministry of Transport supports domestic companies that implement innovative unmanned solutions without attracting budget funds, and the department is ready to assist them.
On May 26, KamAZ unmanned trucks built on the basis of the KamAZ-43118 model successfully completed months-long tests. The test was carried out at the Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye field, located on the Gydan Peninsula of the YaNAO.
In September last year, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin said that Russia is the leader in unmanned vehicles in the world.
In March 2022, the Russian government approved an experimental legal regime program for the operation of unmanned vehicles. According to the program, unmanned vehicles will be able to be operated with a test driver in the cabin on the streets of Moscow, in Innopolis and on the Sirius federal territory. Without the presence of a test driver in the cabin – on the territory of Innopolis and the Skolkovo innovation center.
