PepsiCo announced a multi-year strategic partnership with technology company Gatik to integrate driverless autonomous trucks into its North American food and beverage supply chain. The initiative represents the largest commercial deployment of autonomous freight transportation—driverless trucks—ever carried out. READ ALSO. Long before Tesla, this brand launched an electric car in 1972 that few remember The agreement will expand Gatik’s existing operations for PepsiCo in Texas, Arizona, and Arkansas, where its autonomous vehicles already transport goods daily along high-frequency regional routes. The company explained that the strategy is part of its goal to build a more innovative, resilient, and responsive logistics network capable of adapting more quickly to market demand. How will PepsiCo’s autonomous trucks operate? The vehicles developed by Gatik are designed to perform end-to-end deliveries on both highways and urban roads. Their artificial intelligence system can dynamically reorganize routes, add new delivery points, or modify routes as operational needs change across distribution centers. According to PepsiCo, this flexibility will improve on-time deliveries, increase logistics capacity, and reduce distribution variability without requiring significant changes to existing infrastructure. The company emphasized that these regional routes are essential for maintaining the steady flow of products between manufacturing plants, warehouses, and distribution centers. PepsiCo aims to build a more efficient supply chain Jim Farrell, PepsiCo’s Senior Vice President of Supply Chain, said the company requires logistics infrastructure that is prepared for future challenges. “Serving our broad customer network requires a supply chain that is safe, reliable, and future-ready. Gatik already operates within our networks and brings the autonomous transportation technology, commercial expertise, and scale we need to strengthen service, expand capacity, and move products more consistently for our customers,” he said. PepsiCo products are consumed more than one billion times every day across more than 200 countries and territories, making its logistics network