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Kodiak has made its first driverless truck deliveries to customer Atlas Energy
Kodiak Robotics has officially handed off two autonomous trucks to customer Atlas Energy Solutions, marking the startup’s first commercial launch.
Atlas, a provider of proppant (i.e., sand) and oilfield logistics, received its first Kodiak-equipped trucks in December and began driverless operations in an off-road environment in West Texas’s remote Permian Basin shortly after. While Kodiak still has active pilots running freight on highways and plans to pursue long-haul autonomous trucking, the Atlas deal is a key part of the startup’s near-term go-to-market strategy. Off-road autonomy has its own set of unique challenges – like a constantly changing landscape and no HD maps to rely on – but it presents a faster path to revenue than highway driving, according Burnette.
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