Self-driving trucks are moving closer to reality. PlusAI released its first half 2025 performance results, showing how far the company has come toward its goal of launching factory-built autonomous trucks in 2027.
The numbers are clear. Safety Case Readiness reached 86 percent, with a goal of 100 percent by launch. Autonomous Miles Percentage climbed to 98 percent. Remote Assistance Free Trips rose to 76 percent, with a target of more than 90 percent.
These metrics may sound technical, but they show that PlusAI is moving steadily toward putting driverless freight trucks on the road within two years.
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Why PlusAI’s 2025 results matter for autonomous trucks
Even if you never step into a truck, these results affect your daily life. Every product you buy travels by truck at some point, whether it is groceries, clothing, or furniture. The way those trucks operate influences cost, availability, and safety on the road.
The trucking industry faces three major challenges. There are not enough long-haul drivers to meet demand. Costs continue to rise due to labor shortages, tariffs, and fuel prices. Safety is a concern because human drivers can get tired or distracted.
Autonomous trucks could help address all of these issues. PlusAI’s vehicles are already hauling freight on Texas highways today, and they are also undergoing road testing in Sweden. The company has already logged more than five million autonomous miles across the United States, Europe, and Asia. That real-world experience fuels the AI system with the data it needs to improve.
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How PlusAI plans to launch autonomous trucks by 2027
PlusAI has created a roadmap that sets it apart. Instead of retrofitting trucks with autonomous systems, it is working with major manufacturers like TRATON GROUP, Hyundai, and IVECO to integrate the technology at the factory. This approach makes scaling production faster and ensures consistency.
The initial launch is planned for the Texas Triangle, a major freight corridor connecting Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin. From there, PlusAI plans to expand into other U.S. routes and eventually Europe.
The company has also committed to publishing regular performance updates as it transitions to a public company. By sharing measurable results, PlusAI builds trust with regulators, the public, and the businesses that may one day rely on its trucks to move goods.
“We have a clear roadmap to the commercial launch of SuperDrive,” said David Liu, CEO and Co-Founder of PlusAI. “By publicly sharing these performance metrics, we are showing our commitment to safety and scalability while bringing partners, customers, and regulators along on this journey.”
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What’s next for PlusAI and driverless freight trucks
PlusAI still has milestones to meet. Safety readiness must rise from 86 percent to 100 percent. Remote Assistance Free Trips must surpass 90 percent. These are ambitious goals, but the progress so far suggests the company can achieve them.
Fleet trials are scheduled to begin later this year, and PlusAI continues testing in both the United States and internationally. Each step adds to the case that driverless trucks will be ready for commercial launch in 2027.
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What this means for you
As a shopper, autonomous trucks could mean faster and more affordable deliveries. As a driver, you may soon share highways with self-driving freight haulers. As a business owner, this technology could reduce logistics costs and ease the impact of driver shortages.
The bigger picture is that autonomous trucks are moving from testing to real use. They are no longer limited to pilot projects. You may see them alongside you on the road sooner than expected.
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Kurt’s key takeaways
Transportation is changing quickly. Just as ride-sharing apps transformed how people travel within cities, autonomous trucks may soon reshape how goods move across the country. The difference is that this shift is approaching within just a few years. The progress PlusAI reports today offers a glimpse of that future. If the company continues on this track, driverless trucks could become a normal part of daily life by the end of the decade.
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I would not feel comfortable seeing any 18 Wheeler with no driver! What assurances are there that interstates would be safer with a driverless 18 wheeler? Today an 18 wheeler will cut off a car to change lanes and then slow traffic down because they can’t maintain the speed of traffic in the left lanes?
Trains that have hardly no traffic have conductors, planes that fly 90 without pilot assistance have 2 pilots…but we want to put trucks on excessively crowded roads with no driver inside…yea that sounds smart! lol
I was owner-operator left lane no problem. My truck would go over 100MPH
So who is going to blow the horn when the driverless truck passes a car and a little kid wants to hear the horn 🙂
The technology field is growing rapidly, but my question remains— developing the ability to use transportation systems in a public arena, going rapidly from theory to application, putting the general population at risk while this technology is still being developed, driverless big rigs are something I would not want to see on the road that I and my family are driving on. Railroad companies have already been using this concept for areas of the country where the only person—one— is actually in the locomotive and not in control of said locomotive, just there as a last resort to apply emergency brake application if the technology has failed to work to detect something that would cause a crash or worse. In a world where the newest vehicle that is equipped with the newest technology that the consumer has experienced failure so many times—radios that won’t work, brakes that go away, engines that go into limp mode—on new vehicles—putting these big trucks out on the highways without a driver just because you can, these systems have a long way to be proven to be trustworthy enough to put the public at ease. More testing and improvements in the software and hardware are needed in my opinion. I do not want to be a guinea pig so a trucking company can make better profits by not having to pay a driver. The best computer ever designed sits on top of the shoulders of people. Able to understand the environment around them and react to information to make decisions based on what they see,feel, hear, know!
Human drivers may be fallible, but I’m not convinced AI is ready, or the best solution to the problems mentioned. I worry about the “unusual” things that can happen on the road, and how the AI will react, if at all. Examples might include a deer jumping out in front of a rig, or a child meandering on the roadside suddenly stepping out toward the traffic lane, or a tire-penetrating object appearing in the roadway as the care in front veers around it, etc. I realize a human driver might make a mistake, too, but at least there would be human agency involved and accountable, with the possibility of corrective action. But then, I suppose many folks would rather be able to hold a computer responsible so they could sue the company.
I’m sure this worked out but not mentioned. How is the parking brake controls engaged and what about backing?
I, as of right now, am not in favor of driverless truck. 1) it puts people out of jobs. 2) I do not believe they will lower shipping. cost. The extra cost for the technology plus if it can lower cost companies will take advantage of extra profits.
Then, consider the liability. Objects, such as a driverless truck, cannot be charged with a crime. Just like a gun cannot be charged with a crime. Will this drive up insurance costs as, more than likely, attorneys will sue the owner of the truck at the very least for civil accountability. Thus, not reducing the delivery costs. Maybe legislation would need to be set up. Then, how are the police supposed to pull over a driverless trucks? I have an idea but if they get it stopped who are they going to issue a citation to for an offense? Or, will the vehicle not be allowed to proceed until someone is held accountable for the truck, possibly damaging perishable products if it sets for days? For me, too many unanswered questions right now
Putting driverless long-haul trucks on the interstate is one thing, but an autonomous truck in a city environment is another thing entirely. I would have no problem with a self-driving truck on the highway, but one in town presents too many potential problems for me to be comfortable with that idea.
If they are going to put a lot of money into long-haul deliveries, it might make more financial sense in the long run to improve our rail service. All an autonomous train has to do is speed up, slow down, go, and stop.
what if a police officer is patrolling a light and the truck runs him over? or someone hacks the computer and kills people? or snow and ice get on the sensors? or runs off the mountains? crazy!!!! Just trying to kill American jobs over profits!!! Then Noone has money to buy stuff for them to run!
Assuming the safety claims are valid and verified by an independent agent, the automated big rigs should be better in several ways.
1. The sensors and computers don’t get tired or drowsy, thus maintaining a state of high alertness, which should be much safer for everyone.
2. The ICC driver time restrictions would not govern automated big rigs based on the statement above; thus, trip cycles should be shorter and more efficient.
3. Often, when human drivers stop for their ICC-mandated breaks, they leave their trucks running using fuel and producing diesel exhaust pollution while not producing miles covered.
4. The automated trucks could drive from service depot to service depot without stopping, thus the service depots could be spaced out to be fuel tank distance apart, plus an emergency reserve for road stops due to traffic congestion, accidents or weather.
5. In cases like traffic congestion and accidents, the automated truck would always be in contact with its home monitor/controller, and alternate plans could be made.
6. The automated truck monitor/controller could have near real-time road conditions and re-route the computerized truck to avoid many traffic congestions and accidents, including weather-related problems.
I can see many positive aspects of having automated long-haul big rigs; however, I’m not sure I see the same advantages in short-haul or delivery trucking. Seemingly, the number of variables while driving on an interstate highway is much less than driving down a city street with parked cars, traffic lights, and pedestrians. The key factors revolve around truck maintenance, which we have today, incorporating additional sensors, computers, communication, and software maintenance.
The ICC will need to train a new group of people to oversee and control automated trucking.
This technology should not be that hard to accept, after all, we have had airplanes flying themselves for years, and at some major airports, they can even land themselves.
just go with it buddy!! ive heard so many manufactured scenarios too quantify!!! my suggestion is to think about the manufacturers motivations. would elan musk put , likley, the most valuable logo 8n world history on the line for a cash grab? then think of the motivations of those who fiercly attempt to dismiss the tech as a big tech money grab. city mayors who are more worried about the teamsters than us, police unions whos livlieyhoods are based upon human error, and all that oppose fit in the part about losing jobs!! a true leader would lead off the evening news gloating that soon your tax bill will be less than what you save , once we cut the police department in half and close the registry, and its hard to even quantify what youll save once the teamster union is vaporized!! And mosr valuable component of this thing isnt even the untold carnage and death already averted , its turning one of societies most dark time into the brightest part of existence,!! imagine the morning commute starting by opening the back door!! tetris, newspaper,catching up on work,, or sleeping one off. its your time, use it as you wish. then telling it to pick you up at office door after work when your ready, and it had picked you up a sixer for the far more spirited ride home. id play the end of the sararoga or belmont card while tieing one on, hell id probably tell auto to go by house and get lost for another half hour of , by far, societies most attractive features!!
true leadership would not even consider what a man chooses for his beverage as hes not driving, also would realize nobody needs even a licesnce, or how old you were. thats his parents decision who would realize its far safer for auto man to get you to school than busman is.parents may find access to fully monitored space and conversation from cell phone a nice option!!! in fact theyd have complete supervision over their son until he was dropped at sane front door that busman drops his load!!! then theyd tell automan to go get a bath before picking up mom to go shopping when shed send him to go get his charge on and then take a nap until shes ready for puckup!!!
I have no doubt having autonomous big rigs will happen but whether it will happen by 2027 is still to be determined. As in most advances getting the last refinements to make something a safe and viable product is typically the most difficult. There are fully autonomous automobiles being used today as taxi’s in the Phoenix area. These autonomous vehicles are dropping off and picking up people in large numbers daily at the Phoenix airport.
Our new passenger cars have limited autonomous capability as compared to these big rigs and people are using it. These people frequently are not paying attention to what is happening as they should and these vehicles do not have the accident avoidance programmed in like these big rigs have.
With all the testing being done internationally this should help AI to come across most all the issues that can occur while driving and identify ways to avoid. Will every possibility be covered when implemented, likely not, but it will do better than the vast majority of humans capabilities.
How to avoid hacking in the long run will be the hardest longterm problem to prevent significant safety problems.
Nowhere close lol…drivers still required to follow log hour laws and lawmakers are nnot going to allow driverless trucks anytime soon. Its still a safety/litigation nightmare. Nowhere close.
I live on the northeast, can those truck really go in the snow and ice? and do they do a prescription trip inspection of both vehicle parts? don’t think so. what happens when a tire blows? especially a front one? Really thing a driverless truck is a disaster waiting to happen. put natural gas in it.
sounds great! lower cost them no one to buy them! awesome America is great soon homeless will out number blue collar! the stupidity of investors and wallstreet….there is certainly no driver shortage, average wait time for CDL school is 3 to 5 months….I get 4 applications a day and only 8 semis and 2 vans ….
Every time I hear that there is a driver shortage I laugh. There isn’t a driver shortage it’s the shortage of pay to an individual who is away from their home and family, adapting to lousy food on the road, inner family issues from being away from home, different type of sleep patterns to move freight, developing anxiety from traffic, loneliness, isolation, all just to bring home a 1000-1500 dollar check. And with this check you still have to make a living on the road spending at least 50.00 a day to eat, and still have to send money home for bills. Increase the pay and quit cutting the sacrifices that truck drivers make on a daily basis just to make a living. It’s very unfortunate how Fortune 500 companies pocket majority of the cost and give out crumbs to a truck driver. Now you wanna replace us with technology. Unreal.
With the demonstrated frequent data breaches by hackers, how long would it be before the main system is hacked and some or an entire fleet of trucks is stopped or diverted. As someone already stated, hackers could cause trucks to have accidents and endanger people and property. In addition, the self-driving system (with supervision) currently being sold by another manufacturer makes frequent errors as stated in this publiation. What happens when a self-driving truck encounters an unforeseen event of situation? I think that for these reasons trucks should have at least a monitoring driver abord during operations. This would address the liability question also previously stated.
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A driverless SUV, fine. A driverless 18 wheeler? Not yet. Too soon. Need lots more testing. I like the train coming back to replace some of the many many trucks thundering down the roadways today.
This is so wrong and unfair
We American truck drivers who are really safe like myself have worked in this job as a passion enjoyed taking care of our people and customers and I have been truck driver for 30 years NOW your going to take my job my life away, sooo what kind of job am I supposed to doo at 60 years old by the way I’m a flatbed truck driver long haul live in my truck and work my tail off to care of our country , you people that think you are helping the world you are not you are making people without a job and making people homeless and broke and do you care about that NO all you think about is how do we get more drivers and saving what something like money, the government won’t be saving money because 3 million drivers will be out of work because of this and what happens when someone uses a computer to shut all those automated trucks down then what then we are screwed then there won’t be food or wood to live on. Did you people that even think about this what happens when a scammer decides to lock into these trucks and shuts all down and then want us human truck drivers to come back and fix it because this company has screwed everything up because people are not getting food and water too live on we people is what made the better place this company this stuff is going everyone poor and no job
You are dealing with humans. This will never happen ever. How is a big rig traveling 80 MPH ever going to miss someone pulling out in front of it or avoiding an accident that can happen anytime? This will only work if it is the only vehicle on that road. So what happens to the millions of drivers on the highway 24/7 365 days of the year? One life is not worth all the savings, ever.
As a three million mile accident free driver I can honestly say this will be a disaster. First off no technology is available that has a conscience when something goes wrong. The newest worst truck driver still know to try and stop when something goes wrong. A microchip has no value of human life. Secondly, very few drivers would be content just doing all of the dangerous local delivery work within the city. Which by the way is where most of the accidents occur. And I highly doubt the sensors will be able to consistently and safely handle every changing extreme weather. As far as I’ve see the monitors are all based on the tractor and would not be able to prevent a jackknife from occurring in wind burst. Especially with very light loads that are often shipped.