Werner Enterprises to Run Lengthy-Haul Autonomous Freight – Fleet Administration
Throughout its pilot with Werner, Kodiak accomplished a complete of 152 hours of driving time and achieved 100% on-time supply efficiency.
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Kodiak Robotics is collaborating with Werner Enterprises to ascertain an autonomous trucking lane and to showcase how effectively autonomous vehicles can be utilized with a switch hub mannequin at truckports.
The connection commenced in August with a week-long pilot program during which a Kodiak truck, accompanied by a human security driver always, accomplished 4 excursions involving eight distinctive journeys between Dallas and Lake Metropolis, Florida. Werner Enterprises additionally joined Kodiak’s Companion Deployment Program, which helps carriers set up autonomous freight operations and seamlessly combine the Kodiak Driver, Kodiak’s self-driving system, into their fleet.
“Working with Kodiak allows us to effectively incorporate new applied sciences into our enterprise whereas giving us a aggressive edge,” stated Werner’s Senior Vice President of Van/Expedited Chad Dittberner in a press launch. “We’re keen to ascertain the hybrid mannequin of drivers and ongoing autonomous lanes to create new and unparalleled ranges of effectivity whereas staying targeted on Werner’s worth of placing security first.”
Throughout its pilot with Werner, Kodiak accomplished a complete of 152 hours of driving time and achieved 100% on-time supply efficiency. Werner had trailers prepared for a Kodiak self-driving truck to select up on each ends of the journey. Werner’s native drivers accomplished the first-mile pickups and last-mile deliveries. This truckport mannequin maximizes the period of time the Kodiak Driver spends driving.
“Werner’s imaginative and prescient for incorporating autonomous vehicles into their future operations demonstrates a elementary understanding of the place autonomous know-how suits throughout the trucking business,” stated Don Burnette, founder and CEO of Kodiak. “The Kodiak Driver is designed to do the often-undesirable freeway parts of long-haul routes, permitting drivers to deal with the deliveries that permit them sleep in their very own beds at evening. We look ahead to persevering with our collaboration with Werner and introducing new everlasting lanes collectively.”
The joint effort with Werner Enterprises is the newest service relationship to be introduced by Kodiak. Earlier this 12 months, the corporate introduced partnerships with U.S. Xpress, 10 Roads Specific and CEVA Logistics. Werner Enterprises has additionally performed autonomous pilots with TuSimple and Aurora.
