Triples!

Kodiak today announced our 2025 Q4 earnings. This was especially exciting for me, because we publicized one of my big projects from the second half of last year – hauling triple trailers autonomously in the Permian Basin.

As our CEO Don Burnette said:

We recently became the first AV company to pull triple trailers, which, when combined with the tractor, weigh over 275,000 pounds, or 137 tons, and extend more than half the length of a football field. Hauling triples requires extreme precision and enables us to provide our industrial customers higher asset utilization and a more cost-effective solution. 

I led this project, working closely with my Kodiak colleagues on our Perception, Planning, Controls, Systems, Infrastructure, and Product teams.

One of the major challenges with triples is just how massive they are. Think about how large the red and white tanker truck is, in the preceding photograph. Now look at how small that tanker looks, next to our triple trailer truck. That’s how big triple trailers are!