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Aurora Innovation launched its second-generation autonomous truck fleet on the International LT Series platform, rated for one million miles, with 30 trucks already running 20-plus hours daily in Texas commercial freight.
Waymo opened paid robotaxi service in three new cities on September 1, bringing its fully autonomous fleet to 14 US cities and making Tampa the first city with two competing driverless services.
Westwell has secured air cargo contracts at Fuzhou and Xiamen airports in China, deploying autonomous cargo tractors and an AI runway inspection system — the first systematic application of port and factory AI logistics to aviation ground operations.
Waymo is expanding from 5 to 27 U.S. cities by year-end and targeting one million rides per week, backed by a lower-cost sixth-generation vehicle platform and partnerships with Uber and Avis.
Aurora Innovation has driven 250,000 fully driverless commercial trucking miles across Sun Belt freight lanes with zero system-attributed collisions — a milestone analysts are calling the autonomous trucking inflection point.
U.S. data center construction hit $50 billion in April 2026 — 28% above last year and the first time on record that AI infrastructure spending outpaced transportation. AI has crossed from sector trend to macroeconomic force.
Gatik has completed more than 60,000 driverless orders for Walmart. Aurora is targeting 200 driverless trucks by year-end. A sweeping industry analysis shows the autonomous freight sector has passed the pilot phase — what is emerging is a layered AI stack across existing logistics infrastructure.
Parallel Systems reached $100 million in total funding and is moving to commercial operations in 2026 with autonomous battery-electric railcars running on existing freight infrastructure—targeting the drayage market overlooked by autonomous trucking.
Wood Mackenzie declares 2026 the autonomous vehicle inflection point as Waymo targets 1 million rides per week across 27 U.S. cities and Aurora Innovation says all technical trucking barriers are cleared.
Kodiak AI is actively hauling commercial freight for Roehl Transport on the Dallas-Houston corridor — four roundtrips per week — with fully driverless highway operations targeted by end of 2026.
PlusAI and other autonomous trucking developers are signing operational contracts with freight carriers in 2026, moving from technology demonstration to commercial deployment in a sector valued at $575.7 million.
Last-mile delivery robots have matured into core logistics infrastructure, with AI-powered navigation and fleet coordination making them economically competitive with human couriers on dense urban routes.
The autonomous freight industry has left the pilot phase. Aurora, Plus.ai, and Waabi are deploying driverless trucks at commercial scale across Sun Belt routes in 2026, marking the sector's first true mass-deployment phase.
Maas Auto completed a 3,379-km fully autonomous freight run from Long Beach to Georgia in three days — the world's longest self-driving freight haul, on the actual commercial supply chain.
Toyota and Woven by Toyota launched a city-scale AI foundation model that processes real-time visual, behavioral, and environmental data to detect risks across Woven City's connected infrastructure.
Kodiak AI has completed its first autonomous trucking deployment outside the Sun Belt, operating driverless commercial trucks on Interstate 70 — one of North America's busiest freight corridors.
Kodiak AI has launched its first driverless freight operations outside the Sun Belt, running autonomous trucks on Interstate 70 in Ohio and Indiana — one of North America's busiest freight corridors.
Kodiak AI completed its first fully driverless freight runs in Ohio and Indiana via Interstate 70, proving autonomous trucks can operate in northern freight corridors beyond Sun Belt highways.