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Autonomous trucking: ‘What’s love got to do with it?’ 

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Lior Ron is a fan of autonomous trucking. You might even say the head of Uber Freight loves the idea...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/autonomous-trucking-whats-love-got-to-do-with-it

Gatik robot trucks will haul Tyson chicken, sausage and hot dogs

Breakfast sausage, hot dogs and frozen chicken breasts from Tyson Foods are beginning to move autonomously on Gatik AI trucks in Northwest Arkansas. The three-year contract could expand nationwide.

Gatik has covered a 7.1-mile route from a small warehouse to a Walmart retail store in Bentonville, Arkansas. It will serve Walmart neighbor Tyson as a third-party carrier using four Gatik trucks equipped with autonomous capability.

Gatik’s four-year project with Walmart — using driverless trucks since...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gatik-robot-trucks-will-haul-tyson-chicken-sausage-and-hot-dogs

Carnage grows among transportation startups

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In the world of electric vehicle and autonomous trucking startups, the picture of winners and losers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/carnage-grows-among-transportation-startups

Landing and launching terminals for autonomous trucks getting closer

Driverless trucks likely will be in limited use on some U.S. interstates as soon as late 2024. How they will be maintained between trips is a growing focus for their software developers.

Aurora Innovation appears to be farthest along in preparing for inspections, fueling maintenance and automated landing and launch of autonomous Class 8 trucks. An unremarkable frontage road location in Palmer, Texas, south of Dallas is being transformed into a terminal capable of doing for autonomous trucks...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/landing-and-launching-terminals-for-autonomous-trucks-getting-closer

Gatik goes driverless in Canada

Just over a year after it removed the safety driver from the driver’s seat in Arkansas, autonomous vehicle technology company Gatik has done it again — this time north of the border in Canada.

Gatik on Wednesday announced that it is now running fully driverless vehicles in Toronto with longtime partner Loblaw Companies. Gatik’s multi-temperature box trucks are transporting online grocery orders for Loblaw’s PC Express service.

“Working with Gatik, we’ve demonstrated that autonomous driving...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gatik-and-loblaw-remove-safety-driver-from-autonomous-vehicle

Partnerships, behind-the-scenes policy work key to Gatik’s success

PHILADELPHIA — Gatik has received a lot of attention for its rapidly advancing middle-mile autonomous solution. It has signed on major partners such as Walmart, Georgia-Pacific, KBX Logistics and Pitney Bowes.

But the success of the company, like so many others, lies behind the scenes with the work and partnerships it has built with various states and city governments.

Those relationships paid off recently when Kansas and Oklahoma became the 24th and 25th states to give approval for autonomous...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/partnerships-behind-the-scenes-policy-work-key-to-gatiks-success

Pitney Bowes to deploy Gatik autonomous trucks on e-commerce routes

Pitney Bowes will begin running autonomous box trucks in its e-commerce logistics network’s Dallas market beginning in the first quarter of 2023.

The global shipping and mailing company made the announcement Wednesday in conjunction with autonomous middle-mile technology provider Gatik, which will supply the vehicles.

Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) will deploy Gatik’s Class 6 autonomous trucks as part of a continuous, operational loop across its e-commerce network. The vehicles will make multiple...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/pitney-bowes-gatik-to-run-autonomous-trucks-in-texas-ecommerce-routes

Cummins to integrate Gatik’s autonomous driving tech into advanced powertrain

Mechanic work son engine of truck

Autonomous middle-mile technology company Gatik will work with industry powerhouse Cummins to integrate Gatik’s technology with Cummins’ drive-by-wire solution.

The combined solution will be utilized on Isuzu Class 6 FTR model box trucks with the Cummins B6.7 engine. Gatik has been using the Isuzu model in its fleet, most recently adding the trucks to a pilot in Texas. In that effort, Gatik has partnered with KBX Logistics to haul product from Georgia-Pacific facilities in the area to 34 local...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cummins-to-use-gatik-autonomous-tech-in-isuzu-trucks

Gatik’s autonomous fleet is proving driverless trucks can make roads safer

In June, for the first time, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released data on crashes involving vehicles equipped with automated driving system (ADS) technology and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). The nation’s top highway safety agency said that between July 2021 and May 2022, it received reports on 130 collisions involving ADS-equipped vehicles. 

One company that was most notable by its absence in the report was Gatik, the market leader in autonomous middle-mile...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gatiks-autonomous-fleet-is-proving-driverless-trucks-can-make-roads-safer

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