KargoBot Timeline

Events

• 2026-09-22 - Deployment - KargoBot launches AI freight transport network in Ordos - KargoBot says its hybrid autonomous platooning operations improve route profit margins by 10% to 18% compared with traditional transport. The company says one operator can supervise two to three vehicles in its platooning model; standalone autonomy targets… - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
• 2026-08-25 - Partnership - KargoBot and Tencent Cloud partner on L4 freight-model infrastructure - Tencent Cloud will provide compute, data-storage and TI-ONE AI-platform tooling for the programme. The operating fleet exceeds 100 autonomous heavy trucks. Cumulative freight movement has reached 1.4 billion tonne-kilometres. - source: finance.sina.com.cn
• 2026-04-24 - Partnership - Hesai and KargoBot select ETX and FTX LiDAR for KargoBot Space 2.0 - KargoBot Space 2.0 is set to use Hesai's 4,320-line 6D full-color ETX LiDAR together with the second-generation solid-state FTX blind-spot LiDAR. Hesai says ETX can produce native 6D full-color point clouds at up to 4K resolution, with up to 600 m ranging… - source: hesaitech.com
• 2026-03-03 - Funding - KargoBot raises over $100M Series B - Horizon Robotics and Gaorong Ventures co-led the round. Proceeds support expansion of KargoBot's unmanned fleet. KargoBot operated a fleet of more than 400 autonomous trucks. - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
• 2025-12-10 - Partnership - Horizon Robotics and KargoBot partner on L4 autonomous freight - KargoBot contributes freight-operation data and autonomous-driving models from commercial trunk-logistics services. Horizon supplies its Journey 6P computing platform and development toolchain for the partners’ L4 heavy-truck stack. - source: horizon.auto
• 2025-05-27 - Market Signal - KargoBot passes large-scale L4 freight validation milestones - KargoBot fleets passed 20 million kilometers of L4 convoy operations. Operations transported 200 million ton-kilometers of bulk commodities. The milestone gives KargoBot a large-scale autonomous freight validation signal in real logistics conditions. - source: chinadaily.com.cn
• 2025-04-21 - Partnership - Hesai AT1440 debuts on KargoBot autonomous transport platforms - The AT1440 debuted on KargoBot’s future transportation robot. The lidar was also fitted to KargoBot’s mass-produced L4 autonomous-truck platooning solution. The April 2025 milestone extends the pair’s existing supply relationship to a specifically named lidar. - source: hesaitech.com
• 2024-03-06 - Regulatory - KargoBot receives Inner Mongolia autonomous-truck road-test license - The license was issued in Kangbashi district, Ordos. It permits L4 heavy-truck testing on open roads. KargoBot had earlier gained public-road testing approval in Beijing. - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
• 2023-04-21 - Partnership - KargoBot selected Hesai lidar for autonomous-truck mass-production development - AT128 point cloud Since the start of mass production and delivery in 2022, AT128 has empowered the launch of various passenger car models. Lidar is one of the core sensors for advanced autonomous driving solutions, providing high – precision 3D sensing for… - source: hesaitech.com