Waymo ceasing Dallas-to-Houston driverless trucks, doubling down on ride-hailing


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AdvertisementThat leaves Aurora and Kodiak Robotics as the only autonomous driving companies still operating driverless trucks along that route. Kroger, Sam’s Club and suppliers Georgia Pacific and Pitney-Bowes are among eight Fortune 500 companies so far working locally with Gatik. Cruise, a California self-driving technology company backed by General Motors, Honda, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price and Walmart, is conducting tests now in Dallas with autonomous ride-hailing vehicles. AdvertisementAurora currently runs autonomous trucks along freight corridors in Texas with a safety driver, but is on track to deploy completely driverless trucks from Dallas to Houston by the end of 2024. Kodiak has been running a route between Dallas and Houston since 2019.