Self-drivingSelf-driving truck software
PlusAI SuperDrive
PlusAI makes SuperDrive, self-driving software for heavy trucks that it supplies to truck makers. It is running a trial in Texas and aims for factory-built self-driving trucks in 2027. FreightWaves, 5 June 2025
- Evidence
- Company-reported only
- Human help
- Not disclosed
- Last milestone
- Sept 2026
01Can I get it?
Only through a trial
- Where it works today
- A self-driving truck trial in Texas with truck maker International and Ryder. FreightWaves, 23 Apr 2026
- Published price
- No published price in our sources.
- Human help
- The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
02Track record
What has actually happened
Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.
Pilot · sets the stage
PlusAI was running a self-driving truck trial in Texas with International and Ryder.
FreightWaves, 23 Apr 2026Company-reported
03Promised vs delivered
What the maker said, and when
Dated targets the maker set in public, against what has happened since.
- Said5 June 2025
Factory-built self-driving trucks in 2027
Plus said it would launch factory-built self-driving trucks using SuperDrive in 2027. FreightWaves, 5 June 2025
Still pendingIn April 2026 PlusAI said it was still focused on a 2027 launch, starting in Texas.
04Safety and incidents
What has gone wrong
No crashes, recalls or regulator reports in our sources. That is not proof none happened; we add them when a regulator or trusted outlet reports one.
On video
What it looks like, at stage 3
Videos from the maker show the robot at its best. The stage comes from the dated record above, not from what a video shows.
How Autonomous Trucking Can Address Global Freight Challenges
Why Autonomous Trucks Need Both Real-World Data and Simulation
2026 HumanX Amsterdam Fireside Chat: Physical AI Meets Real-World Autonomy
Why the U.S. May Commercialize Autonomous Trucking First
The Future of Autonomous Road Transport: Turning Level 4 from Vision to Reality (IAA Transportation)
Why We Test Autonomous Trucks With 20 Tons of SandHow we placed it
The rule, not an opinion
Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.
- 5
Regulator-cleared or mass market
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
- 4
Paying customers
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
- 3
PilotThis robot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
Placed by: PlusAI was running a self-driving truck trial in Texas with International and Ryder (April 2026).
- 2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
- 1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.
What we couldn't confirm. Whether the Texas Ventures Acquisition III merger has closed was not confirmed. Whether its Texas trial trucks carry a safety driver was not stated in the sources opened. Its two earlier stock-market deals (2021 and 2026) both fell through.
Sources
- 01FreightWaves, 5 June 2025
- 02FreightWaves, 23 Apr 2026
- 03Robotics 24/7, 4 Sept 2026
- 04Trucking Dive, 22 Apr 2026
- 05FreightWaves, 8 Nov 2021
Cite this page
Robotics Verdict. “PlusAI SuperDrive (PlusAI (Plus)): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/plusai. Checked 19 October 2026.
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