Bell Trucks Partners with Pronto AI on Autonomous Articulated Dump Trucks

Bell Trucks America has signed Pronto AI as their provider of autonomous technology for articulated dump trucks in the U.S.

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Bell Trucks America, Inc. has signed an exclusive deal with Pronto AI as its provider of autonomous technology for articulated dump trucks (ADTs) in the U.S. This comes after months of work on the project to deliver autonomous drive technology to Bell ADTs.

Bell Trucks America, headquartered in Houston, TX, provides North America with articulated dump trucks and tracked carrier products, service and support via a network national dealers. The company is the master distributor of Bell Equipment’s haulage products for the U.S. and Mexico.

Pronto.ai, Inc. is an autonomy and safety technology company founded and led by a team of industry pioneers who have been at the forefront of artificial intelligence-powered autonomous vehicle technology for the last 15+ years. Founded in 2018, Pronto was the first, and remains the only, company whose technology has successfully completed a coast-to-coast autonomous drive without a single human driver input.

Aether Pronto 55256“The opportunity to bring this technology to the market with a partnership between Pronto AI and Bell is extremely exciting for us. This is new ground for our dealers and customers to explore and for many we see this as a game changer in cost per ton haulage. Autonomy provides consistency in every area of the job scope; production, safety, operation, and maintenance and provides flexibility in operations to ensure a competitive edge and increased profitability” says Mitch Nevins, CEO of Bell Trucks America, Inc.

As part of the partnership, Pronto will make available its advanced autonomous driving and driver safety technologies to all Bell customers in the U.S. and Mexico on both new Bell truck purchases and existing fleets via BTA’s network of 75+ dealerships and service centers.

“We’re thrilled and honored that Bell Trucks America has chosen Pronto as its exclusive autonomy technology partner,” said Anthony Levandowski, CEO of Pronto. “We started Pronto out of a desire to build real applications for autonomy technology today, and our partnership with Bell Trucks America is confirmation that our technology and strategy are providing solutions to real world problems.”

With the partnership, Bell trucks will be the first commercially available off-road trucks to be powered by artificial intelligence-powered autonomy.         

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