Autonomous Truck Completes First Cross-Country Freight Run

An autonomous truck completes first ever cross-country freight run in 3 days.

Plus.ai completes for the first time cross-country commercial freight run by a self-driving truck, in just 3 days.

The autonomous truck brings over 40,000 pounds of Land O Lakes® butter to families in time for the holidays.

Plus.ai is a leading provider of self-driving trucking technology, headquartered in Cupertino, CA. Today, we announced that we completed the industry’s first coast-to-coast commercial freight run by a self-driving truck in a record three days. On behalf of Land O’Lakes, Inc., the hub-to-hub journey spanned 2,800 miles from Tulare, CA to Quakertown, PA. This is the first Level 4 U.S. cross-country commercial pilot hauling a fully-loaded refrigerated trailer, which in this case was filled with over 40,000 pounds of butter.

Autonomous Truck Completes First Cross-Country Freight Run

The continuous journey was an important milestone in validating the maturity, safety and reliability of Plus.ai’s autonomous driving system and its ability to safely handle a wide range of weather and road conditions. Driving across interstate 15 and interstate 70, our truck successfully navigated winding roads in the Rockies, long tunnels, high elevation of 11,000+ feet, day and night driving, wet and snowy roads, and temperatures that ranged from 18 degrees to 75 degrees. A safety driver was onboard at all times to monitor and assume control if needed, and a safety engineer was present to monitor system operations.

Autonomous Truck Completes First Cross-Country Freight Run

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