Autonomous Trucks
North Texas continues to be a key proving ground for self-driving long-haul truck runs—with another “lane” now been added between Dallas and Atlanta. Mountain View, California-based Kodiak Robotics—which announced an earlier partnership last May with U.S. Xpress to launch autonomous freight service between Dallas and Atlanta—today announced it has teamed up with Forward Air Corporation to roll freight between the same two cities. Through the agreement, Kodiak and Forward say they’re “operating autonomous freight service 24 hours per day, six days per week between Dallas and Atlanta, making three round trips weekly.”Kodiak operates locally out of a logistics hub in Lancaster, a suburb just south of Dallas. ‘Safety driver team’ rides along to oversee the autonomous systemKodiak’s self-driving truck operates with a safety driver team overseeing the autonomous system. Tennessee-based Forward Air is a leading asset-light provider of transportation services across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.