Self-Driving Trucks Are Officially Testing on California Highways

Self-driving trucks are officially testing on California highways

Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI, two companies developing self-driving trucks, have received permits from the California Department of Motor Vehicles.

Kodiak Receives Californian Test Permit for Robot-Trucks

Just under four months after California passed a law allowing the testing of autonomous commercial vehicles weighing more than 10,000 pounds (4,500 kilograms), Mountain View-based Kodiak Robotics became the first company to receive a license to test robo-trucks on public roads in California. Most testing of autonomous trucks has so far taken place in the U.S. state of Texas, where companies such as Aurora, Gatik, Kodiak, Plus.AI, and Thordrive a…

Kodiak receives permit for autonomous truck testing in California

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Kodiak AI Inc. is receiving a drivered testing permit under the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ newly expanded Autonomous Vehicle Tester (AVT) program. The program allows permitted heavy-duty autonomous vehicle developers to test and deploy their technology on California roads for the first time. “California’s comprehensive autonomous vehicle regulations are a major unlock for freight innovation,” said Don Burnet…

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