Autonomous Trucks
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) will test high-autonomy software from Waymo Via on a leading customer route from Houston to Fort Worth, Texas, where robot truck evaluations are making up a greater portion of Lone Star State traffic. They cover best practices for regular maintenance, future facility layouts and which lanes are best suited for autonomous driving technology. Bigger in Texas“This will be one of the first opportunities for J.B. Hunt to receive data and feedback on customer freight moved with a Class 8 tractor operating at this level of autonomy,” Craig Harper, J.B. Hunt chief sustainability officer and executive vice president, said in a press release Thursday. TuSimple, Aurora Innovation, Embark Trucks, Kodiak Robotics and now Waymo Via all use Texas as a middle-mile proving ground. Efficiency and safetyCurrently, all of the autonomous software developers have safety drivers in the driver’s seat ready to take over operation if needed.