I’ve now been part of two autonomous vehicle companies that have gone fully driverless – autonomous driving with no safety driver. Kodiak is the first company where we have sold that driverless vehicle to customers.
This is a big milestone. Selling an autonomous vehicle to a customer adds a lot of new complexity. Kodiak no longer dictates where and when the driverless truck operates.
For sure, we have specific domains in which the truck can operate without a driver. But within that domain, our customers determine where to send the vehicle, whether to send it, what it should haul.
This is a new milestone for the entire autonomous vehicle industry, and I’m super-excited to be a part of it!
David Silver 