Plus Wins RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for its Autonomous Driving Technology for Semi Trucks
30 Junho 2021 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
- Plus is the only company to be recognized for this distinction
in autonomous trucking technology development
- The commercial readiness of PlusDrive and its demonstrated
benefits of improved safety, fuel efficiency, and sustainability
for Class 8 trucks edged the company to its winning position
- This is the second award for Plus this year, the first of which
is the 2021 CES Innovation Award Honoree
Plus (formerly Plus.ai), a global provider of self-driving truck
technology, announced today that it has won the 2021 RBR50 Robotics
Innovation Award for its driver-in, supervised autonomous driving
system, PlusDrive. PlusDrive is recognized for its readiness for
commercial deployment to truck fleets, ease of use, and ability to
help improve road safety, increase fuel efficiency, enhance driver
comfort, and reduce carbon emissions.
Produced by Robotics Business Review for the past decade, the
annual RBR50 list celebrates forward-thinking organizations around
the world and their original, impactful creations. “For the
robotics sector, the role, importance, and impact of innovation has
never been greater,” said Dan Kara, vice president of robotics at
WTWH Media. “With this year’s RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards,
Robotics Business Review highlights those critical innovations, and
the organizations responsible for them, that will spur the
development of new robotics solutions and drive robotics adoption
forward.”
Shawn Kerrigan, COO and Co-founder at Plus, commented: “We are
honored to be among the fifty companies in the world to win the
RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award this year. The award is a testament
to the ground-breaking work by our engineering team and the
tremendous progress Plus has made to deliver on the promise of
autonomous trucking technology to improve safety, efficiency,
driver comfort, and sustainability. With PlusDrive, fleets can
start enjoying those benefits now.”
Earlier this year, Plus was selected by an elite panel of
industry expert judges to be a CES® 2021 Innovation Awards Honoree.
The award recognized the exceptional design of PlusDrive, the
technologies behind it, and the massive value it will create for
the long-haul trucking industry and our society.
The commercial deployment of PlusDrive is gaining speed
globally. PlusDrive is being integrated with existing trucks of the
largest fleets in the U.S. and China so that they can benefit from
the supervised autonomous driving technology today. A large U.S.
fleet has a contract for 1,000 units of PlusDrive, which Plus has
started delivering in February 2021. SF Express is currently
running a commercial pilot using Plus’s driver-in autonomous
driving system. PlusDrive has also been selected to power trucks
from two of the top 10 global truck manufacturers, FAW and IVECO.
The FAW J7L3 trucks powered by PlusDrive will start mass production
this year. IVECO is working with Plus to jointly develop
PlusDrive-powered natural gas autonomous trucks for Europe, China,
and other markets. Plus is also collaborating with Cummins on a
natural gas-powered driver-in autonomous truck.
About Plus
Plus is a global leader in autonomous driving technology for
long-haul trucking, headquartered in Silicon Valley and founded in
2016 by serial entrepreneurs and industry veterans who have
extensive experience in high tech and artificial intelligence. Plus
is developing low-cost, high-performance full-stack Level 4
autonomous driving technology to make long-haul trucking safer,
more efficient, and more sustainable. Mass production and global
deployment of its driver-in autonomous driving technology, which
reduces fuel consumption by an estimated 10% compared to a
traditional truck, is planned to start in the second half of 2021.
Plus is also collaborating with leading truck manufacturers,
fleets, and ecosystem partners to drive the development of
decarbonization transportation solutions including autonomous
trucks powered by natural gas. For more information, please visit
www.plus.ai or follow us on LinkedIn or YouTube.
On May 10, 2021, Plus and Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V
(NASDAQ: HCIC) (“HCIC V” or “Hennessy Capital”) entered into a
definitive business combination agreement. Upon closing of the
proposed business combination, Plus will be a publicly traded
company and its common stock is expected to trade on the NYSE under
the ticker symbol “PLAV”. The proposed business combination has
been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both Plus
and HCIC V and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2021,
subject to the satisfaction of the necessary regulatory approvals
and customary closing conditions, including the approval of HCIC
V’s shareholders.
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