Santa Clara, Calif. — April 28, 2025 — Plus, a pioneering autonomous trucking AI software company, announced today the latest milestone in its commercialization plan — its virtual driver, SuperDriveTM, recently completed validation tests of fully autonomous operations and handling of advanced safety maneuvers with no person in the truck. Shown on a closed test track, this breakthrough highlights how Plus is continuously enhancing the safety, reliability and maturity of its AI-based self-driving software as it prepares for the commercial launch of factory-built driverless trucks integrated with SuperDrive. The validation of a SuperDrive truck with fully redundant sensors and computers is a major milestone on the roadmap to start factory production of driverless trucks. SuperDrive operated the truck without a human driver in the cabin or remote intervention. The driverless truck relied entirely on Plus’s self-driving technology to make complex real-time driving decisions. SuperDrive is also trained using end-to-end AI models to dynamically handle unexpected situations where it is no longer safe for the truck to continue on the road. SuperDrive’s Autonomous Fallback System (AFS) is designed to ensure that the hardware and software in the self-driving system are resilient and capable at all times. Our repeated driverless tests validated that once the AFS identifies and confirms an issue, such as a sensor failure, software module fault, or road closure, it reliably directs SuperDrive to the safest path, whether that is to come to a slow stop in its lane or to pull over to the side and stop the vehicle. The stringent tests, a culmination of years of safety validation and rigorous testing using simulations, closed courses, and public roads, are a testament to the system’s performance and the effectiveness of the AFS. (....)