SPAC rumor mill churns over autonomous truck software developer Plus Startup ‘open to all kinds’ of capital raising but mum on blank-check merger 0 66 3 minutes read A Bloomberg report has autonomous trucking software maker Plus close to a SPAC merger with Hennessy Capital. (Photo: Plus) Self-driving truck software startup Plus is reportedly in talks to merge with the same investor group that brought public electric vehicle startup Canoo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOEV), school bus maker Blue Bird Corp. (NASDAQ: BLBD) and flatbed logistics specialist Daseke Inc. (NASDAQ: DSKE). Rumors of the Cupertino, California-based startup aligning with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) have circulated for months. Bloomberg reported Friday that Plus is in talks with Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V (NASDAQ: HCIC) in a deal that could be announced as soon as this week.