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Raquel Urtasun on Level-4 Autonomous Trucks

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IEEE Spectrum - Technical Title: Raquel Urtasun on Level-4 Autonomous Trucks Date: 2026-03-13 13:01 Source: https://spectrum.ieee.org/level-4-autonomous-trucks <img src="https://spectrum.ieee.org/media-library/an-adult-white-woman-with-short-dark-hair-and-crossed-arms-leaning-her-back-against-the-door-of-a-semi-truck.j…
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  • Everybody who's a truck driver today and wants to retire as a truck driver will be able to do so

    60% confidence
  • Waabi World is the only simulator where you can mathematically prove that testing in simulation is the same as driving in the real world

    60% confidence
  • Snowstorms still create a no-go zone for Waabi Driver

    60% confidence
  • Level 2+ passenger car systems are not verifiable black box architectures unsuitable for Level 4 autonomy

    60% confidence
  • Autonomous haulers could be responsible for 15 percent of total U.S. trucking miles as early as 2030

    60% confidence
  • Global autonomous trucking business could be worth more than $600 billion per year by 2035

    60% confidence
  • There are 2 million deaths on the road globally per year

    60% confidence
  • Waabi Driver is a shared brain that can scale across full range of vehicles, geographies and environments

    60% confidence
  • Waabi's verifiable end-to-end AI enables driving on local streets with unprotected lefts, traffic lights, and tight turns all the way to end customer

    60% confidence
  • Autonomous trucking adoption will create more jobs than removed

    60% confidence
  • Human error causes between 90 percent and 96 percent of accidents

    60% confidence

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