Volvo announced on Tuesday that it has a team with the WAABI, a startup of autonomous driving trucks supported by players like NVIDIA.NVDA-2.00 %) And Uber (Uber+1.02 %), Automatic driving cars will be jointly developed and developed.
Companies stated that they integrate the WAABI artificial intelligence base. technology Truck developed by Volvo Autonomous Solutions, a unit of a luxury car manufacturer in Sweden. Trucks and Volvo VNL autonomous types are made of Volvo Assembly factory In New River Valley in Virginia. The test will start later this year.
“I am looking forward to the integration of WAABI’s state -of -the -art technology into an autonomous truck platform,” said Shahrukh Kazmi, the chief of Volvo Autonomous Solutions. “Incorporating next -generation AI technology directly into OEM vehicle production is a way to move forward,” said Waabi CEO’s Raquel Urtasun.
Waabi signed last May Multiple years lease This is a truck transport terminal in Dallas County, Texas, and is the basis for business in the state. The company first entered Texas in 2023 and traveled between Dallas and Houston through partnerships with Uber Freight. This year we plan to expand the test in the state.
In 2024, the company has withdrawn $ 200 million to the financing of Series B from investors such as NVIDIA, KHOSLA Ventures, and Uber. Volvo also invests in Waabi. Participation In both Series A and Series B round.
Automatic driving truck has become More and more popular conceptPotentially shorten the time required for transporting products so that companies can avoid restrictions on human workers. So is the industry Buried in the discussion Whether it is a shortage of human drivers, or simply because it is difficult to maintain workers, it is mainly due to long and low wages.
Consultant company McKinsey & Co. According to the use case of the autonomous truck 616 billion dollar world market By that time, by that time, the United States’s autonomous truck transport market could reach approximately $ 178 billion, and such vehicles accounted for 13 % of all trucks on the road. 。
Volvo has been working on autonomy for many years, and in 2017 he has developed a concept of autonomous driving trucks. An electric truck named VERA was announced in 2019, Please put it at work In the Swedish pilot program that year.
Volvo is also affiliated with Aurorolinovation ()aur-0.44 %), Pittsburg -based automatic driver’s car company cooperates with several other companies. Uber cargo and Continental。 May 2024, the company debut VNL autonomy at Las Vegas’s Act EXPO describes trucks as “dedicated” vehicles using Aurora hardware and software.
December, Volvo I started transporting As part of a partnership with DHL supply chain, Dallas, Dallas from Houston to Houston, two lane automatic driving trucks from Fortworth to El Paso. Technology is still being tested, so the safety driver is behind the wheels of those vehicles.
