Axel Gern to head Torc Robotics Technology and Development Center in Europe
BLACKSBURG, Va., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Torc Robotics has tapped Axel Gern, a long-time leader in truck automation, to head its recently opened Torc Europe GmbH engineering facility in Stuttgart, Germany.
- BLACKSBURG, Va., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Torc Robotics has tapped Axel Gern, a long-time leader in truck automation, to head its recently opened Torc Europe GmbH engineering facility in Stuttgart, Germany.
- Gern has been named senior vice president of engineering and managing director for Torc Europe at the technology and software development center.
- Gern joins the Torc team after serving as the chief technology officer for the Daimler Truck Autonomous Technology Group, where he had a leading role in the technological strategy for the company's Level 4 autonomous truck development.
- Torc recently announced the opening of its 18,000 square-foot technology and development center (with an additional 12,000 square feet of workshop space), located in one of Germany's prime automotive development regions.