Autonomous truck runs 24 hours per day
A commercial trucking lane in which autonomous vehicles are deployed has been launched in the USA. It is the first of its kind to run between Houston and Oklahoma City, and the project is being carried out by Maersk and Kodiak. The two companies will complete four round trips a week on a 24-hour-a-day, four-days-a-week basis.
Consumer products are loaded onto 16 m trailers in a Houston facility and delivered autonomously to a distribution centre in Oklahoma City.
Operational learnings gained from the activity are captured and documented as part of the Kodiak partner deployment programme, which is designed to help companies learn how Kodiak’s self-driving trucks can become an integral part of their overall logistics strategy and offerings. (ben)