Antonella Abbate • 11 June 2025
Apology for April Fool’s Day Joke – The “Scania Ute”
We’d like to come clean…
The “Scania Ute” is, unfortunately, not a real product—yet! This concept was part of an April Fool’s Day joke.
While we know the idea of a heavy-duty Scania truck combined with a ute bed and powered by our iconic V8 engine might sound like a dream come true, it was all in good fun.
We apologise if this caused any confusion or got your hopes (or engines) running a little too fast.
Thanks for being such great sports, and who knows? Maybe one day…
AI is now core to the latest generation of ADAS: deep-learning perception stacks, on-board real-time inference and sensor fusion enable crash-avoidance features that demonstrably reduce collision rates (notably AEB/FCW), while vehicle dynamics control is evolving from rule-based ESC to predictive, AI-assisted torque-vectoring and integrated stability management. Modern systems combine camera/radar (and in some programs lidar, mapping and environmental sensing) to detect, predict and act within fractions of a second; this increases safety but also creates new service obligations — precise sensor calibration, validated software/firmware management, authenticated OTA updates and documented post-repair procedures.
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