Plus announced it plans to begin mass production of an autonomous driving system, in partnership with heavy truck manufacturer FAW, later this year.
Plus and Cummins have announced a joint initiative to develop the industry’s first driver supervised autonomous trucks powered by natural gas in 2022.
Iveco and Plus will integrate Iveco’s latest-generation S-Way heavy-duty truck with the PlusDrive full-stack autonomous driving system.
Plus said it will start production of its autonomous driving system for heavy trucks by the end of the year.
Independent certification of the self-driving technology is a critical step toward proving the commercial readiness its self-driving technology in China.
Self-driving truck developer Plus.ai recently made an agreement with the Transportation Research Center (TRC) to conduct capability tests of Plus.ai’s self-driving system using a multi-vehicle approach.
Plus.ai's SAE-Level-4 autonomous truck recently completed a coast-to-coast commercial freight run hauling a refrigerated load for Land O’Lakes. The 2,800-mile, hub-to-hub trip was completed in less than three days.