Waabi, a company that creates generative AI for the physical world, has entered a strategic partnership with Volvo Autonomous Solutions for the joint development and deployment of autonomous trucks. The partnership combines Waabi’s generative AI with Volvo’s automation and safety design to unleash autonomous trucking and usher in a new era of safer, more efficient, and sustainable freight transportation.
Through this partnership, Volvo and Waabi are vertically integrating Waabi’s virtual driver system -the Waabi Driver- into the Volvo VNL Autonomous –Volvo’s autonomous truck with redundant systems- to enable safe autonomous operations. The Volvo VNL Autonomous will be produced at Volvo’s New River Valley assembly plant and is based on Volvo’s autonomous technology platform, supporting diverse operational needs and use cases. This collaboration aims to transform the $1 trillion North American freight industry by enabling the deployment of autonomous trucks that redefine safety and efficiency standards.
Waabi and Volvo are developing autonomous transportation solutions that prioritize safety, efficiency, and sustainability to tackle the challenges facing today’s transportation industry. Waabi’s next-generation AV2.0 approach, based on an end-to-end interpretable and verifiable AI model, powered by a realistic neural simulator, enables autonomous trucks that can safely generalize to different scenarios on the road. This innovation, integrated with Volvo’s purpose-built autonomous truck, is enabling a safe autonomous solution to support broad commercial deployment.
The partnership is a continuation of Volvo’s collaboration with Waabi over the past two years. The two companies have laid the groundwork for the integration of the Waabi Driver into the Volvo VNL Autonomous and are preparing for testing in 2025.
