Kodiak and DTL Transport partner to deploy 75 autonomous trucks

Autonomous truck developer Kodiak AI and Fresno, California-based carrier DTL Transport entered a binding agreement for DTL to deploy 75 Kodiak trucks within its fleet.

Kodiak framed the agreement as a Driver-As-A-Service business model, in which DTL pays a per-mile fee to use Kodiak’s autonomous trucks.

This April, the state began permitting public road testing for autonomous truck developers.

California granted Kodiak its autonomous truck testing permit in August.

“This binding agreement reinforces what I have said from the beginning: The Driver-As-A-Service business model is tailor-made for commercial trucking.