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The case is under investigation, and no arrests have been made, confirms Amy Gee
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Key facts
- The case is under investigation, and no arrests have been made, says Amy Gee, a spokesperson for the Fremont Police Department
- On Thursday morning, a top executive at self-driving truck developer PlusAI received an unexpected congratulatory text message from an acquaintance
- That’s when PlusAI employees gave police a hint as to why whoever hooked their own cabs up to the trailers and drove away might have abandoned the whole thing after breaking them open: Each trailer
- PlusAI uses simulated loads in its trailers to assist with research and development testing,” says Lauren Kwan, a company spokesperson
Summary
On Thursday morning, a top executive at self-driving truck developer PlusAI received an unexpected congratulatory text message from an acquaintance. But PlusAI’s trucks weren’t supposed to be near this person’s office, in Newark, California. That’s when PlusAI employees gave police a hint as to why whoever hooked their own cabs up to the trailers and drove away might have abandoned the whole thing after breaking them open: Each trailer was full of about 20,000 pounds of sand. “PlusAI uses simulated loads in its trailers to assist with research and development testing,” says Lauren Kwan, a company spokesperson. PlusAI’s tech-enabled truck cabs —where the driver typically sits and controls the vehicle—were parked inside its warehouse and weren’t taken, Kwan says.