Autonomous Trucks
The Pilot company and Kodiak Robotics Inc., a self-driving trucking company, announced the opening of an autonomous truckport in Villa Rica, Georgia. "Partnering with Pilot Company to build the Villa Rica truckport ensures that we have access to the truckport services we need, utilizing Pilot's industry-leading travel center network," said Don Burnette, founder and CEO of Kodiak Robotics. "This partnership, combined with Kodiak's flexible technology stack, enables our scalable, asset-light approach to building our truckport network. According to the release, “Pilot Company announced [in August of 2022] that it had made a strategic investments in Kodiak and joined its Board of Directors. The opening of the Pilot Villa Rica truckport follows Kodiak's recent partnership announcements with Loadsmith, C.R.