Plus Expands Autonomous Trucking With TIER IV And Traton Partnerships
Summary
The new partnership in Japan brings together Plus’s end-to-end virtual driver AI model with TIER IV’s Autoware-based platform to create a solution for L4 autonomous trucking. Turning to the Traton partnership, the partner companies achieved SAE Level 4 autonomy through the beta 5.0 update to Plus’s AI-based driving software, SuperDrive. In discussing the capabilities of the software release, Plus CEO David Liu showed a time-lapse video of a Traton truck successfully navigating surface streets and highways to make a delivery. While the TIER IV and Traton announcements are significant milestones for Plus, the company also has other partnerships in place with Hyundai, Iveco and Transurban, which could see those makers adopting some of the same software for their trucks. While there’s still a lot of work to be done between now and then, the potential for Plus’s software to enable new types of trucking logistics and increase the speed of commerce — while also improving safety — is huge.