Following the recent legal entanglements of autonomous truck pioneer Anthony Levandowski, the company he co-founded and was serving as its CEO, Pronto, has appointed a new CEO, Robbie Miller.
During an interview with CCJ on Aug. 29, Miller said the upstart company remains committed to hitting its delivery targets for Copilot, a Level II self-driving system for Class 8 tractors. Pronto is currently focused on delivering the first version to a select group of customers as the trucking industry’s early adopters.
“We are still developing the technology and making it as robust as possible,” he said. “We are moving forward quickly.”
Miller said he will continue to serve as Pronto’s chief safety officer while he takes over the reigns as CEO to keep the company “focused on delivering a product that is making the roads safer and to make sure we execute.”
The Copilot system features adaptive cruise, collision avoidance and lane centering capabilities that rival the suite of autonomous features available today in luxury passenger vehicles.
“We’ve got aggressive deadlines and we’ve got amazing technology. We are just really focused on making sure we are meeting deadlines and delivering the technology we have, and allowing drivers to do their job,” he continued.
Miller declined to comment on whether or not Levandowski will return to Pronto at a future date.
