Fresno carrier DTL to run 75 Kodiak driverless trucks
DTL Transport signed a binding deal to put the Kodiak Driver in 75 trucks it owns and operates, starting on Dallas-El Paso and Dallas-Atlanta lanes Kodiak has tested.
Kodiak AI signed a binding agreement Wednesday to put its autonomous driving system in 75 trucks owned and operated by DTL Transport, a Fresno, California, carrier that runs cross-country team loads for grocers.
The deal moves Kodiak’s Driver-as-a-Service model from Permian Basin sand hauling onto interstate freight lanes, though Kodiak has yet to run a driverless truck on a public highway. Kodiak is ranked No. 12 in the 2027 FreightTech 25 list.
Under the agreement, DTL will own and operate the trucks and pay Kodiak a per-mile fee to use the Kodiak Driver. DTL, a family-run carrier that has hauled dry and refrigerated freight for more than 36 years, runs a fleet of more than 100 trucks. The release did not disclose the rate, the contract term or when the first of the 75 will run without a driver.
“This binding agreement reinforces what I have said from the beginning: The Driver-As-A-Service business model is tailor-made for commercial trucking,” said Don Burnette, Kodiak’s founder and CEO.
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