Kroger to Deploy Gatik Autonomous Field Vehicles – Tools
The 20-foot vehicles transporting refrigerated and frozen items will function seven days per week.
Picture: Gatik
Gatik introduced a multiyear industrial collaboration to move buyer orders inside Kroger’s Dallas distribution community, based on the corporate’s information launch.
Below the collaboration, Gatik’s medium-duty autonomous field vehicles will transport merchandise from a Kroger Buyer Achievement Heart (CFC) in Dallas, Texas, to a number of retail areas.
Gatik’s autonomous vehicles every characteristic a chilly chain-capable 20-foot field designed to move ambient, refrigerated, and frozen items.
The collaboration entails constant, repeated supply runs a number of instances per day, seven days per week throughout Kroger’s Dallas distribution community, whereas utilizing some great benefits of autonomous supply for Kroger’s prospects. The operations will launch in Q2 of 2023.
“Kroger’s dedication to redefining service ranges for its prospects by progressive expertise meant that our collaboration got here collectively in a short time,” mentioned Gautam Narang, co-founder and CEO of Gatik. “We’re deeply accustomed to working our autonomous fleet inside the Dallas ecosystem, and we’re very excited to deliver that have to help Kroger in its mission to reshape the way forward for items supply.”
Gatik’s autonomous center mile answer will assist help Kroger by assembly prospects’ wants whether or not they store on-line or in-store.
Since launching industrial operations in 2019, Gatik has delivered half one million buyer orders, leveraging its autonomous expertise to move freight on the center mile. Gatik offers autonomous transportation as a service (ATaaS) for patrons throughout a number of markets together with Arkansas and Ontario.
“We’re so excited to see Gatik vehicles beginning to ship groceries all through our Dallas division,” mentioned Raúl Bujalil, VP of provide chain technique and expertise enablers. “These autonomous field vehicles will assist us proceed our dedication to making a seamless purchasing expertise – the place prospects can entry their favourite contemporary meals, with zero compromises on worth or comfort.”
Initially posted on Fleet Ahead
