The race toward the safe deployment of SAE Level 4 trucks is heating up, as the industry works to catch up to robotaxi rollouts.

Autonomous transportation startup Waabi and Volvo will jointly develop and deploy autonomous trucks. Volvo was the first strategic investor in the company, which also has investments from Uber, Nvidia,

Self-driving truck startup Waabi is partnering with Volvo Autonomous Solutions to jointly develop and deploy autonomous trucks, an important milestone as

Self-driving technology company Waabi said on Tuesday it has partnered with truckmaker Volvo's driverless systems unit to develop and deploy big rigs that drive themselves.

Waabi teams up with Volvo Autonomous Solutions to develop autonomous trucks, aiming to revolutionize the North American freight industry.

The Swedish automaker is already working with Aurora on its autonomous big rigs, and now its adding Waabi to its list of partners. Raquel Urtasun, the former chief scientist at Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group,

Volvo AB plans to develop autonomous trucks using technology from Canadian artificial intelligence startup Waabi Innovation Inc., with a goal of testing the big-rigs later this year.

The Swedish automaker plans to use pair sensors and other hardware with Waabi's AI-based software in its Volvo VNL Autonomous.

Volvo's VNL Autonomous will use Waabi's cutting-edge AI driving technology in its operations. The OEM's AV group plans to launch commercial hauls in Texas in 2025.