Volvo to deploy Waabi gen AI to get self-driving trucks on the road [Video]

Autonomous transportation startup Waabi and Volvo will jointly develop and deploy self-driving trucks in a deal announced on Tuesday that expands on Volvo’s strategic investment in the company.

Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Waabi will integrate Waabi Driver into Volvo’s existing autonomous truck technology and the production of the Volvo VNL Autonomous truck that is manufactured in New River Valley, Virginia, its largest truck-making plant. The VNL Autonomous was first unveiled by Volvo in May 2024 and first hit the road in December through a deal with DHL and Aurora, another self-driving tech startup that has worked with Volvo for years.

Waabi’s tech will add to the safety redundancies already built into the autonomous trucks for steering, braking, communication, computation, power management, energy storage and vehicle motion management systems.

Waabi’s Ai enables autonomous trucks to understand various scenarios that may be encountered on the road, and that its approach to self-driving safety stand out from most developers who rely on people to think about everything that could …