Count vehicle autonomy among the technology solutions Wayfair’s testing to bolster its logistics capabilities. The Boston-based home furnishings retailer is set to begin an autonomous trucking pilot next month in Texas with trucking company J.B. Hunt and Alphabet’s Waymo. Wayfair, which is a J.B. Hunt customer, marks the first home goods retailer to test the technology and helps further expand driverless capabilities. “Real-time testing with customers like Wayfair is critical to making autonomous freight movement a viable solution in the future,” J.B. Hunt chief sustainability officer and executive vice president Craig Harper said. “Every supply chain is unique, so it’s important that customers can work alongside J.B. Hunt and Waymo to ensure that advanced autonomous technology will create capacity that meets their needs.” The six-week Wayfair pilot runs in July and August, with the vehicle route spanning Houston and Dallas. J.B. Hunt and Waymo first began piloting the autonomous technology last year. The two said in January that they struck a long-term strategic alliance where J.B. Hunt would be the first customer of Waymo’s fully autonomous operations in Texas over the next few years. The agreement also includes continued pilots in the state. For Wayfair, the pilot builds on what it has already been doing internally when it comes to logistics. Wayfair began building out its own logistics network some six years ago, which it calls CastleGate Logistics. The digital freight forwarding service works with suppliers at the factory and warehouse level to manage timing of exports and imports, handling customs, ocean shipping and drayage among other services. The company sees continued growth for CastleGate as more suppliers grasp the full-service offering. “We are seeing strong interest in selling on Wayfair, due in large part to the value that suppliers can derive from CastleGate, all the way from Asia consolidation