PlusDrive will now incorporate thermal imaging capabilities, allowing it to detect objects and pedestrians more easily when normal visibility is obscured.

Goodyear's smart tyres will be integrated with PlusDrive with the purpose of collecting data for the improvement of autonomous truck technology.

Plus, a developer of self-driving truck technology, has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Hennessy Capital Investment Corporation, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company.

Private equity firm, ClearVue Partners of Shanghai, China (est. 2012) has completed a Series C funding round for Plus (formerly Plus.ai), a provider of self-driving truck technology in the US and China, raising USD220m. ClearVue is the co-lead investor of the financing round.

Iveco SpA of Turin, part of CNH Industrial NV, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Plus, a Silicon Valley, California, USA-based developer of autonomous trucking systems, to jointly develop autonomous Iveco trucks.