There’s no doubt in David Liu’s mind that in the autonomous-vehicle race to become widely commercially available, trucks will prevail over cars. Autonomous-driving systems use self-learning AI technology, which relies on continuous inflows of information to improve. As trucks spend a lot more time on the road than cars, their systems benefit from a lot more data.
Even so, Liu, the founder and CEO of autonomous-trucking company Plus, is pressing his foot down on the gas pedal to accelerate the widespread deployment of PlusDrive, his company’s highly automated-driving…