Goodbye, California. Driverless Trucks Are Headed to Texas
Companies like Aurora Innovation and Kodiak Robotics are testing autonomous 18-wheelers in the Lone Star State.
A truck at Kodiak Robotics’ facility in Mountain View, California.
Photographer: Kelsey McClellan for Bloomberg BusinessweekIn a workshop near the crossroads of I-35 and I-20 just south of Dallas, technicians from a company called Kodiak Robotics Inc. work under the hoods of a pair of Kenworth trucks, connecting onboard computers with the steering, accelerator and brakes to enable operation without a driver.
About 20 miles to the south, Aurora Innovation dispatches autonomous big rigs from a warehouse, hauling freight across Texas for companies such as FedEx and Schneider National. Up in Fort Worth, the twin city just west of Dallas, Gatik.AI uses smaller driverless box trucks to ferry goods from a distribution center to Kroger supermarkets.
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Goodbye, California. Driverless Trucks Are Headed to Texas