PlusAI on Track to Launch Factory-Built Commercial Autonomous Trucks Next Year
PlusAI, a leader in AI software for autonomous trucks, today provided an update on its commercial readiness metrics, demonstrating continued momentum across safety validation and operational efficiency. Since first sharing its key performance indicators in July 2025, PlusAI has advanced its virtual driver SuperDrive™ across safety validation and operational efficiency. Through the second half of 2025, PlusAI’s Safety Case Readiness (SCR) has reached 90.1%, Autonomous Miles Percentage (AMP) is at 99.2%, and Remote Assistance Free Trips (RAFT) increased to 79.0%, up from 86.1%, 98.6%, and 76.2%, respectively, in the first half of 2025.
This progress comes as PlusAI works towards its targeted commercial launch in 2027. The company is also planning to become publicly listed via a business combination with Churchill Capital Corp IX (Nasdaq: CCIX).
Our performance on the Safety Case Readiness and Remote Assistance Free Trips metrics demonstrate that SuperDrive™ is advancing toward commercial readiness,” said David Liu, CEO and Co-Founder of PlusAI. “Safety and system maturity as well as operational efficiency are foundational requirements for deploying factory-built autonomous trucks at scale. We continue to make consistent, measurable progress on both as we get closer to our planned 2027 commercial launch.
These results represent gains of approximately 20 percentage points in Safety Case Readiness, 19 percentage points in Remote Assistance Free Trips, and 4 percentage points in Autonomous Miles Percentage over two years, reflecting steady progress toward PlusAI’s commercial launch targets of 100% Safety Case Readiness and greater than 90% Remote Assistance Free Trips.
PlusAI’s proprietary driving intelligence platform, SuperDrive™, is built on an AI-native Reasoning–Reflex autonomy stack with rule-based guardrails and redundancy, trained on over six million real-world miles, and augmented by simulation and synthetic data to accelerate edge-case learning.
PlusAI’s OEM partners, TRATON GROUP’s Scania, MAN, and International brands, IVECO, and Hyundai, plan to integrate SuperDrive™ into their vehicle platforms at the factory-level. These partnerships are critical for large scale commercial deployment of autonomous trucks given the safety, reliability, and long-standing fleet relationships. PlusAI plans to launch its first factory-built autonomous trucks in the Texas Triangle, followed by expansion into additional freight corridors in the U.S. and Europe. In preparation, PlusAI is currently conducting a commercial pilot with a Top Ten Largest Carriers in the U.S. in Texas, as well as public road testing in Sweden.
The PlusAI Safety Case Readiness (SCR) metric tracks the maturity and completeness of the Safety Case Framework (SCF) that underpins the safe operation of SuperDrive™. The SCF is built as a structured hierarchy of safety claims and supporting evidence across five core pillars, covering system architecture, development and operational processes, performance validation, and ongoing maintenance. It provides a disciplined, scalable foundation for commercial autonomous deployment.
PlusAI’s Remote Assistance-Free Trips (RAFT) metric measures the share of autonomous trips completed end-to-end without intervention from a remote operator or onboard safety driver on a defined commercial route. A trip qualifies as RAFT-compliant when SuperDrive™ maintains full control from departure through arrival with no human input. While remote assistance remains available as a safety backstop, RAFT is a key indicator of operational autonomy, system maturity, and readiness to scale economically at commercial volumes.
PlusAI’s Autonomous Miles Percentage (AMP) metric reflects SuperDrive™’s ability to sustain autonomous operation across varying conditions along a commercial corridor. AMP is a route-specific measure that quantifies the extent and reliability of SuperDrive™ in real-world operations. It complements PlusAI’s RAFT metric by providing a continuous measure of autonomous engagement across distance traveled and supports readiness assessments, regulatory engagement, and system maturity evaluation.
About PlusAI
PlusAI is an artificial intelligence company pioneering AI-based virtual driver software for factory-built autonomous trucks. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with operations in the United States and Europe, PlusAI was named by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Partners including TRATON GROUP’s Scania, MAN, and International brands, Hyundai Motor Company, Iveco Group, Bosch, and DSV are working with PlusAI to accelerate the deployment of next-generation autonomous trucks. PlusAI announced in June 2025 that it plans to go public via a merger with Churchill Capital Corp IX (Nasdaq: CCIX).
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