Transurban builds on recent self-driving truck trial with new partnership

Following a self-driving truck trial on CityLink and the Monash Freeway last year, Transurban is looking to further explore the use of self-driving trucks on public highways. Transurban’s successful 2022 trial was the first time a highly automated self-driving truck was tested in live traffic conditions on public motorways in Australia. The partnership between Transurban and Plus will leverage Plus’s self-driving software and global commercial deployment experience, including its work with commercial vehicle manufacturer Iveco to co-develop self-driving trucks for Europe. Plus’s self-driving software uses generative AI, machine learning, computer vision, and other state-of-the-art algorithms. Integrated with advanced lidar, radar, and camera sensors, Plus’s software can detect and precisely track objects, predict their movement, and then safely manoeuvre the vehicle.