Verified Events
DateTypeCompanyHeadlineSegment
RoboTruck opens Keihanna base for Kanto–Kansai autonomous-truck testing
- The base supports driving-data collection and analysis, complex traffic testing, truck dispatch and trailer-exchange trials.
- RoboTruck targets Level 4 service between Kanto and Kansai during fiscal 2028.
- The company completed a 260-kilometre hands-free motorway drive between Kanagawa and Aichi in May 2026.
Rino.ai closes C2 financing, bringing Series C total to $100 million
- Other backers include Xiangtan state-backed capital, 深重投, Hunan Caixin, Woori Financial Group and Bozheng Capital.
- Capital will support end-to-end Level 4 autonomy, Physical AI development and expansion of the urban operating network.
- Rino reports more than 5,000 autonomous logistics vehicles delivered and regular operations in over 200 Chinese cities.
Kodiak AI launches Dallas–Laredo freight service with Charger USA
- The first delivery between Charger's Dallas and Laredo terminals took place on September 8, 2026.
- The companies intend to remove the safety driver after Kodiak completes the route's safety case.
- Consumer packaged goods and food-and-beverage shipments are the initial cargo, with additional Charger lanes under consideration.
T2 joins autonomous-truck and rail trial for Aomori apple shipments
- The October 13–15 trial covers about 1,200 kilometres using a shared 31-foot rail-and-road container.
- T2’s supervised Level 2 truck will serve the Sumidagawa–Kudara leg, alongside rail freight and conventional first- and last-mile trucks.
- The partners will assess produce quality and transport performance before deciding on regular service.
Aurora receives five-year exemption for autonomous-truck warning beacons
- Other qualifying autonomous trucking operators can use the exemption after notifying FMCSA.
- Operators must report crashes where beacons were activated or should have been activated; the agency can revoke the exemption if safety deteriorates.
Parallel Systems secures $100 million Series C to manufacture Panther vehicles
- New investors Hillspire, Agility Global and Cobalt Capital joined Anthos Capital, Congruent Ventures, Riot Capital and Collaborative Fund.
- The Georgia pilot with Genesee & Wyoming continues under Federal Railroad Administration supervision.
- Parallel reports more than $200 million raised to date and says major railroads are under contract to deploy its system.
Kodiak AI completes September safety validation work, lifting highway readiness to 96%
- The measure tracks safety-case claims and supporting evidence that are materially complete; it stood at 93% at the end of August.
- September progress included hazard analyses for fallback systems and further evidence from adversarial review of the safety argument.
- Remaining work includes probabilistic risk assessment, launch-vehicle verification and demonstrations of safe operation at highway speeds.
Einride trucks enter daily driverless freight service with EASE in Ohio
- Two cabless Level 4 trucks use EASE property and local public roads, with an off-site operator monitoring each vehicle.
- Operations began in September and are collecting safety, reliability and efficiency data for the Ohio–Indiana Truck Automation Corridor project.
- Miles, loads and uptime from the service will inform the next deployment phase and potential regional expansion.
ISEE and Holman partner to scale autonomous yard-truck commercialization
- Customers can retrofit owned trucks, lease Holman vehicles or acquire autonomy-ready trucks through ISEE.
- The partners plan joint go-to-market work across existing and new vehicle fleets.
- Holman is already a strategic investor; no new funding amount, vehicle order or live-site deployment is disclosed.
Outrider and YMX sign five-year autonomous-yard operating agreement
- YMX will lead implementations and on-site operations; Outrider will provide remote monitoring and technical support.
- Initial deployments are planned for 2026 across food and beverage, retail, consumer packaged goods and automotive customers.
- The offering combines the Outrider System with YMX OS and capacity-based pricing for trailer-spotting operations.
Kodiak AI selects AWS as primary autonomy-development cloud provider
- AWS supports BreakPoint, Kodiak’s in-house safety-validation system that injects time-varying errors and searches for collision edge cases.
- GPU capacity supports model refinement for Kodiak Driver alongside simulation, data storage and customer-facing operations software.
- Driverless public-highway service in Texas is planned for later in 2026.
Venti announces 2026 driver-out railroad-yard fleet rollout
- The agreement targets more than 130 container-moving trucks across eight rail sites by 2027.
- Venti reports more than 360,000 containers moved in continuous commercial operations at PSA Singapore.
- Its autonomous fleet has traveled more than 500,000 miles; the railroad rollout draws on nearly three years of PSA operations.
Torc discloses DataLoop and Simulation division for AV 3.0 development
- The division comprises Simulation, Data Ops, ML Ops and ML Data teams.
- Torc standardised on Ray by Anyscale to orchestrate large machine-learning workloads.
- Each truck mission produces roughly 9 TB of data per hour, according to Torc.
Kodiak AI begins supervised autonomous freight pilot with DTL Transport in California
- The approximately 225-mile route runs primarily along California State Route 99 and Interstate 5.
- A human safety driver remains behind the wheel during the initial pilot under Kodiak's California DMV testing permit.
- DTL is assessing how autonomous operations affect transit times, shipping costs and produce shelf life.
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 short-haul routes, industrial parks and ports.
- Cabless transport robots remain in testing and iteration, rather than established commercial service.
Einride and NVIDIA collaborate on Hyperion-based autonomous trucking
- The work extends Hyperion’s compute, sensor, software and safety architecture to heavy-duty trucking requirements.
- Einride will use NVIDIA Halos, Cosmos and Blackwell infrastructure for safety engineering, edge-case data work, simulation and model training.
- Einride expects its freight network to reach 1,500–2,000 vehicles by 2028 based on captured demand and estimates roughly 80% of that demand is suitable for medium-term automation.
Kodiak AI and PrePass integrate autonomous-truck inspection data
- A successful CVSA Enhanced Inspection remains valid for up to 24 hours; the integration exposes that record through existing roadside enforcement systems rather than replacing the inspection.
- PrePass says its network covers more than 580 inspection and screening locations nationwide.
- Enforcement personnel can verify the inspection record, authorize bypass and issue further instructions through the PrePass process.
DXC Engineering and LOXO partner on Level 4 logistics deployment
- DXC will connect LOXO autonomy with fleet orchestration, data infrastructure and enterprise back-end workflows.
- The partners initially target European routes connecting hubs, warehouses and distribution centres.
- The announcement describes an integration and scale-up programme, not a newly operating driverless route.
Einride and Lidl begin driverless freight operations in Germany
- The truck runs daily between a Lidl distribution centre and a retail store, and the partners plan to expand the route into a multi-stop "milkrun" delivery network.
- Germany's Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) issued the permit, the first authorization of its kind for a cab-less heavy truck in the country.
- Further deployments across other divisions of Lidl's parent company, the Schwarz Group, are under discussion.
Zelostech opens RoboVan experience center at Port of Antwerp-Bruges
- The center was established with Antwerp-Bruges Port Authority as a long-term demonstration and evaluation site.
- Zelostech RoboVans continue operating along the port’s K102 route in a live port environment.
- Logistics operators and other industry visitors can request demonstrations and assess potential applications for autonomous vehicles.
EasyMile joins ALVEST’s newly launched TLD Robotics business
- TLD Robotics combines EasyMile’s autonomous-vehicle software with TractEasy and TLD’s driverless ground-support activities.
- Richard Reno leads the new business, which develops driverless ground-support equipment and fleet-management technology for airports and industrial sites.
- The combined operation reports more than 35 active operations across 10 countries and more than 50,000 autonomous missions.
Stellantis Pro One and UQI Robotics collaborate on Box-on-Wheels autonomous logistics concept
- The programme combines Stellantis commercial-vehicle and customer-service capabilities with UQI autonomous-driving, AI and robotics technology.
- Initial European validation will assess operational performance, customer value and scalability before potential expansion.
- Box-on-Wheels is scheduled for its first public demonstration at IAA Transportation on September 14.
CEVA deploys two Zelostech Z10 RoboVans in Singapore Blue Hub pilot
- The Z10 vehicles autonomously move pallets, totes and other inventory between floors using the building’s existing ramps.
- The pilot operates inside CEVA’s eight-storey, 50,000-square-metre Blue Hub and replaces some diesel-truck movements.
- CEVA expects the trial to inform possible rollout of autonomous mobility across other facilities.
Senior Auto secures strategic financing from Yueda Capital
- Yueda Capital is the investment arm of Jiangsu Yueda Group.
- Senior Auto is integrating its SWM world model with autonomous-driving decision-making and vehicle control.
- The company will use the capital for model upgrades, vehicle-grade engineering and expansion into additional heavy-duty logistics scenarios.
Inceptio autonomous trucks pass one billion commercial kilometres
- Commercial operations surpassed one billion cumulative kilometres.
- The operating network covers more than 97% of China's expressways.
- Inceptio reports more than 90% share of China's intelligent heavy-truck market.
Kodiak long-haul Autonomy Readiness Measure reaches 93%
- The metric measures the share of claims and evidence in Kodiak’s long-haul safety case that management considers materially complete.
- Kodiak continues to target driverless long-haul commercial operations by the end of 2026.
- The 93% figure is a company-defined safety-case completion measure, not a deployment or success-rate metric.
T2 begins 850 km autonomous-truck and rail freight trial
- The round trip spans about 850 km between the Kanto and Chugoku regions, with approximately 410 km of Level 2 automated driving in each direction.
- A 31-foot shared container developed by T2 and JR Freight transfers directly between truck and rail.
- The outbound leg carries S&B Foods products and the return leg carries Otafuku Sauce products while the partners assess transport quality and operating procedures.
Kodiak AI integrates AMD EPYC into seventh-generation autonomous truck
- Kodiak said it is the first driverless-trucking company to deploy EPYC processors in its hardware platform.
- The compute upgrade supports the company’s driverless Permian Basin fleet and planned public-highway driverless launch.
- AMD supplies the processor platform while Kodiak retains the autonomous-driving system and vehicle integration.
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.
Kodiak reports 1,400 driverless triple-trailer loads
- The 50-metre triple-trailer configuration operates without a person in the cab as part of Atlas's driverless fleet.
- The 1,400-load figure applies only to the triple-trailer configuration and not to every Kodiak or Atlas movement.
Einride orders 500 Tesla Semis for Saga AI fleet rollout
- The phased rollout begins in September 2026 and runs for 24 months across freight corridors in California, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois and Georgia.
- Einride says the 500-truck addition will roughly triple its deployed electric-truck fleet and convert signed shipper contracts into revenue-generating capacity.
- The autonomy relevance is Saga AI fleet orchestration and optimisation; the announcement does not describe the Tesla Semis themselves as driverless or autonomous vehicles.
Zelostech expands Jining autonomous freight service into nighttime delivery
- The operating area covers Rencheng, Jiaxiang, Yanzhou, Qufu, Zoucheng and Wenshang.
- Night service supports merchant restocking, shop distribution and individual parcel delivery outside daytime operating hours.
- The vehicles were already operating across multiple parts of Jining when the expanded service was announced.
Kodiak receives California drivered autonomous-truck permit
- The permit authorises autonomous truck testing on California roads with a human safety driver behind the wheel.
- It is the first stage of California's phased permit process and is not a driver-out deployment authorisation.
Einride and DAF begin Level 4 electric-truck integration programme
- Interface definition and validation begins in 2026, followed by software integration and commissioning on a DAF vehicle in 2027.
- TNO will support vehicle-interface testing and type-approval work as the partners prepare the combined platform for commercial use.
- The programme targets SAE Level 4 freight operation, extending an existing relationship that previously covered DAF electric trucks in Einride's fleet.
Kodiak expands customer-owned driverless fleet to 35 trucks
- Paid driverless operating hours increased 71% from Q1, while the fleet moved more than 300,000 tons of freight during the quarter.
- Q2 revenue reached $3.5 million, up 91% sequentially, and cumulative driverless loads exceeded 20,000.
- Kodiak reported 91% autonomy readiness in July and introduced the seventh-generation Kodiak Driver hardware configuration.
RoboTruck raises approximately JPY5.2B at Series A first close
- SPARX Asset Management and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital joined as new investors.
- Globis Capital Partners, Archetype Ventures, Mizuho Leaguer Investment and SMBC Venture Capital participated as existing investors.
- RoboTruck said it was preparing a second close; that future financing is outside the disclosed first-close amount.
RoboTruck completes supervised 260km autonomous highway run
- The test took place on an unspecified day in May 2026 and was disclosed on 31 July.
- The truck handled motorway entry, lane keeping, overtaking, junction routing, merging and cut-in traffic across the approximately 260km route.
- A safety driver remained in the vehicle and could intervene if required; the result is a supervised testing milestone, not a driverless commercial deployment.
Atlas expands Kodiak driverless operations to two depots
- As of March 31, Atlas operated 28 driverless trucks across 15 routes, with about 7,000 loads and 23,500 driverless hours.
- The target to reach 100 trucks by mid-2027 remains conditional on delivery, regulatory and operational milestones.
Aurora begins second-generation driverless-truck production with Roush
- Roush has begun manufacturing the second-generation Aurora Driver-equipped truck fleet.
- Aurora expects the manufacturing line to reach a 1,000-truck annual run-rate in October 2026.
- The company said capacity for its planned fleet of more than 200 driverless trucks by year-end is fully allocated to customers.
Charger selects Aurora trucks for planned Dallas-Laredo service
- The agreement identifies Dallas-Laredo as the initial freight corridor for Charger-operated Aurora Driver trucks.
- Service was announced as a future deployment, so no live route or completed operating volume is represented.
Nash brings autonomous delivery to Tso Chinese in Austin with Autolane
- The service is live at Tso Chinese's Cherrywood location in Austin, with expansion planned for four other Austin-area locations.
- Autolane provides the autonomous vehicles and curbside infrastructure, while Nash manages dispatch, order updates and delivery operations through handoff.
- Eligible customers receive a text and opt in; an Autolane supervisor loads the order, and customers open the vehicle trunk from a link without a new app or account.
Value Truck signs Aurora Driver agreement for two freight corridors
- Value Truck plans to use the Aurora Driver for long-haul capacity while retaining its drivers for local freight.
- The planned routes connect Dallas with Laredo and Fort Worth with Phoenix.
- The agreement covers second-generation Aurora Driver-equipped trucks and does not disclose a service start date or fleet size.
Aurora launches second-generation driverless trucks in commercial service
- Roush is integrating redundant systems and Aurora hardware at a facility dedicated to Aurora production.
- The companies formalized an upfit process targeting an annual production run-rate of 1,000 trucks later in 2026.
- Aurora separately reports a driverless network spanning ten routes.
T2 raises approximately JPY5B at Series B first close
- The transaction was a third-party share allocation to 11 corporate and venture investors.
- Participants spanned shipping, warehousing, leasing, real estate and energy-related investors.
- T2 said it planned an additional Series B close during fiscal 2026; that future close is not included in this amount.
Zelostech begins large-scale production of map-free L4 RoboVans
- The system removes the need to prepare detailed high-definition maps before opening each logistics route.
- Zelostech said preparation for a new operating area could fall to less than one day, compared with weeks for conventional mapped deployments.
- The company reported a fleet exceeding 25,000 vehicles and more than 160 million autonomous kilometres across over 300 cities.
Senior Auto raises RMB 300M Series C for autonomous freight systems
- Securities Capital and Yidao Capital co-invested in the round.
- The proceeds are earmarked for a next-generation automotive-grade autonomous-driving platform.
- Senior Auto is applying the system across ports, industrial sites and open-road freight logistics.
CyberLogitec wins TTI Algeciras smart-terminal expansion project
- OPUS Terminal will manage vessel, yard, gate and equipment operations through an integrated operating platform.
- The Digital Twin system will visualize terminal activity and equipment status in real time and support operational simulation.
- TTI Algeciras expects the expansion to raise annual terminal capacity from 1.6 million TEU to 2.1 million TEU in 2028.
Rovigos raises KRW 2B for AI smart-logistics platform
- The round was funded through Incheon Innovation Fund and youth startup fund vehicles managed by Vine Ventures.
- Rovigos develops logistics-control software that integrates logistics data and mobile equipment.
- Capital is aimed at AI logistics-solution upgrades, R&D capacity and global market expansion.
Venti signs long-term railroad agreement for autonomous intermodal trucks
- The unnamed Class 1 railroad will deploy trucks using Venti precision-navigation software, sensors and components in operating U.S. rail yards.
- Initial deployment covers two major intermodal facilities, with driverless trucks loading, moving and unloading containers in full operational production.
- Venti expects 100-plus autonomous container-moving trucks across eight railroad sites by 2027 and more than 600 by the end of the decade.
Embotech and HTEC partner to scale Level 4 industrial logistics autonomy
- HTEC will contribute engineering capacity across onboard software, vehicle integration, connectivity and system validation.
- Embotech retains control of its autonomy platform, certified safety architecture and product roadmap.
- Embotech says its autonomy solutions operate 24/7 across factories, logistics centres and ports, moving more than 2,500 vehicles autonomously each day.
Port of Felixstowe expands Westwell autonomous fleet to 100 trucks
- The repeat order expands the Felixstowe autonomous truck fleet to 100 vehicles after two earlier Westwell batches.
- New vehicles add 128-line LiDAR and advanced cameras for perception in a busy mixed-traffic container terminal.
- The investment includes a second automated battery-swapping station; the existing station changes batteries in five to six minutes.
Mars Auto and LX Pantos expand U.S. autonomous freight to 7,000 km round trip
- The route carries Hyundai Mobis automotive parts eastbound and Korean-company building materials westbound.
- The round-trip structure reduced the route empty-load rate compared with a one-way operation.
- The deployment places The company's technology into industrial automation, construction or production workflows beyond a lab-only setting.
Inceptio begins mass production of Taurus control unit
- Taurus integrates CPU, BPU and MCU functions around Horizon Robotics' Journey 6M chip.
- The unit provides 128 TOPS and combines GNSS/INS positioning with an automotive-grade air-cooled design.
- Inceptio says the platform passed EV, DV and PV validation stages plus ASIL-B and ISO 21434 requirements.
T2 demonstrates autonomous tollgate passage and adds Nishinomiya Transgate
- The truck used high-definition point-cloud data and onboard LiDAR for centimetre-level localisation through narrow toll lanes.
- Tests used the Ayase and Nishinomiya Transgate sites as transfer points between highway autonomy and human-driven local-road operation.
- The Nishinomiya site can receive up to eight trucks across two spaces near the interchange.
Einride completes $113.3M PIPE alongside Nasdaq transition
- At closing, Einride sold 12,235,420 PIPE ADSs for aggregate proceeds of $113.3 million.
- The transaction documents set Einride’s pre-money equity value at $1.35 billion.
- The PIPE closed alongside Einride’s business combination and Nasdaq listing transition.
Torc establishes physical-AI research partnership with Mila
- The collaboration covers world models, multi-agent behaviour modelling, reinforcement learning and foundation models for autonomous trucking.
- The agreement is a research partnership and does not itself represent a vehicle deployment or customer programme.
Einride and EASE deploy L4 autonomous trucks in Ohio logistics service
- The deployment uses two L4 Einride autonomous electric trucks between EASE Logistics warehouses.
- The project extends the ODOT and DriveOhio Truck Automation Corridor Project with INDOT.
- Operations cover EASE property and local public roads, with a remote operator able to intervene.
Volvo and DSV start autonomous freight service using Aurora Driver
- The companies marked the start of operations with a first commercial truckload and integrated the depot-to-depot service into DSV logistics flows between Dallas and Houston.
- The Volvo VNL Autonomous used for the service integrates the Aurora Driver; a safety driver remained in the vehicle during the initial operating phase.
- Volvo and DSV described expansion to additional lanes as an ambition, not as a completed driverless rollout or a disclosed binding fleet order.
Humble Robotics details cabless autonomous container-hauler configuration
- Humble Robotics presented Humble Hauler as a cabless electric autonomous freight vehicle for container transport.
- The vehicle configuration included a long four-axle version for 40-foot and 53-foot containers and a shorter three-axle version for 20-foot containers.
- The system targeted ports, freight hubs and other logistics environments where fixed-route autonomous movement can replace conventional tractor-trailer operations.
Kodiak AI announces $100 million PIPE financing
- The transaction was a PIPE financing, not a debt round.
- An affiliate of Ares Management participated alongside several new institutional investors.
- Kodiak said the capital would fund growth as it scales driverless operations.
Aurora and McLane begin driverless restaurant-supply hauls in Texas
- The companies began supervised autonomous operations in 2023; Aurora said the pilot accumulated more than 280,000 miles and 1,400 loads with 100% on-time performance.
- McLane approved a transition to driverless operations between Dallas and Houston, with Aurora handling the long-haul middle mile and McLane drivers retaining local delivery work.
- Aurora said the parties planned to expand to routes between other McLane distribution centres, while stating that any broader orders remained subject to definitive documentation.
Rino.ai completes C1 financing for autonomous-delivery expansion
- Capital supports core technology, automotive-grade vehicle production and broader commercial applications.
- The company plans to expand same-city freight, instant delivery and overseas markets.
Nash launches Autonomic Intelligence in private beta
- The private beta introduces autonomous decision support for logistics orchestration.
- The milestone is a limited beta and does not imply general commercial availability.
Humble Robotics raises $24M seed funding for autonomous freight vehicles
- Humble Robotics raised $24 million in seed funding led by Eclipse, with participation from Energy Impact Partners.
- The round backed a cabless autonomous electric truck for dock-to-dock freight movement.
- The vehicle targeted short, high-frequency logistics routes between ports, warehouses and distribution centers rather than long-haul highway trucking.
RoboTruck completes autonomous semi-trailer road demonstration with logistics consortium
- The February 2026 demonstration covered approximately 4,400 km between logistics hubs in Shizuoka and Aichi prefectures.
- Autonomous driving ran between Shin-Shizuoka IC and Tomei Miyoshi IC.
- The trial validated real-world highway performance including tunnels, backlit conditions and merging.
Kodiak completes DriveOhio autonomous trucking program and expands outside the Sunbelt
- Kodiak completed an autonomous trucking program in Ohio with DriveOhio, marking its first operational deployment outside the Sunbelt.
- The program included Interstate 70 stakeholder rides and real-world Level 4 demonstrations at the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty, Ohio.
- Kodiak used the program to show its trucking stack operating beyond southern highway conditions and to expand its operational design domain into the Midwest.
EasyMile powers 120 daily autonomous missions for Lufthansa Cargo
- By April 7, 2026, the Frankfurt deployment was running up to 120 autonomous missions on peak days.
- Two EZTow vehicles had completed more than 20,000 autonomous kilometers after over a year at Frankfurt Airport.
- The vehicles operated across indoor and outdoor areas, each covering about 2,000 kilometers per month and up to 120 missions on peak days.
T2 completes 500 km highway run without temporary steering intervention
- The route connected Ayase in Kanagawa with Kobe in Hyogo.
- New functions handled roadworks, temporary speed limits, merging traffic and sloped road surfaces while maintaining automated driving.
- The result advances T2's development path toward Level 4 trunk-haul service.
EasyMile completes pivot to heavy-duty autonomous vehicles
- The company narrowed its portfolio to heavy-duty movement of parts, goods, baggage and cargo.
- Licensed deployments were operating commercially at more than 30 sites worldwide.
- The footprint included more than 10 airports and more than 15 industrial sites.
Epirus, General Dynamics Land Systems and Kodiak unveil Leonidas Autonomous Ground Vehicle
- Epirus, General Dynamics Land Systems and Kodiak unveiled Leonidas AGV, an autonomous counter-UAS ground vehicle for defense and homeland-security missions.
- The system combines Epirus's Leonidas high-power microwave platform, Kodiak's autonomous driving system, and General Dynamics Land Systems' integration role.
- For Kodiak, the announcement extended the Kodiak Driver into a visible integrated defense system rather than a standalone truck autonomy story.
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.
Torc expands autonomous truck testing to Michigan public roads
- The testing uses the latest-generation Daimler Truck autonomous chassis based on Freightliner Cascadia.
- The expansion adds Michigan to Torc's existing testing operations in Dallas-Fort Worth and Blacksburg.
DP World appoints Essa Kazim as Chairman and Yuvraj Narayan as Group CEO
- Essa Kazim was appointed Chairman of DP World.
- Yuvraj Narayan was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer after previously serving as Group Deputy CEO and Chief Financial Officer.
- Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem resigned as Group Chairman and CEO with immediate effect.
U.S. Marine Corps awards Kodiak autonomous ground vehicle development contract
- The U.S. Marine Corps awarded Kodiak a contract to integrate the Kodiak Driver into the ROGUE-Fires carrier ground vehicle.
- The work focuses on adapting Kodiak's autonomy system for expeditionary military ground operations, including distributed maritime operations and sea-denial missions.
- Kodiak framed the contract as an expansion of its dual-use autonomy work beyond trucking and into autonomous military ground vehicles.
RoboTruck starts public-road autonomous semi-trailer demo with ORIX Auto and Senko
- The demonstration used a RoboTruck-developed autonomous semi-trailer on the Shin-Tomei highway.
- The route ran between Shin-Fuji Interchange and Hamamatsu Service Area Smart Interchange.
- A driver remained onboard with override capability during the test.
Rino.ai begins R24 autonomous delivery vehicle pilot operations
- The R24 provides more than 24 cubic metres of cargo volume, versus the 5-to-12-cubic-metre range Rino.ai cited for most autonomous delivery vehicles.
- Test operations began in a Shenzhen logistics park, moving the vehicle into a real operating environment.
- Rino.ai targets warehouse-to-store transfers and other high-volume short-haul routes, complementing its smaller RX, R3 and R5 cargo vehicles.
Rino.ai and Xinyuan begin RX robovan mass production
- Rino.ai and Xinyuan Auto developed the RX through an automotive V-process, with vehicle-grade components and validation intended for large-scale commercial operations.
- The RX uses a platform-based modular design so different cargo modules can be fitted for multiple logistics scenarios.
Quantum Systems acquires FERNRIDE
- FERNRIDE continues under its own brand with Hendrik Kramer as chief executive.
- Its ground-autonomy platform covers container terminals, yard operations and defence logistics.
- The companies plan to integrate FERNRIDE technology with Quantum Systems MOSAIC UXS mission software.
EasyMile technology enters Level 4 towing operations at Narita
- Japan Airlines began full Level 4 autonomous towing at Narita International Airport on December 15, 2025.
- TractEasy supplied the towing solution using EasyMile's autonomous-driving technology.
- The operational milestone followed six years of testing, validation and engagement with Japanese aviation authorities.
Mercado Libre signs Digit humanoid deployment agreement
- The first deployment is planned for Mercado Libre facility operations in San Antonio, Texas.
- The companies plan to explore further AI-powered humanoid use cases across Latin American warehouses.
- Digit will focus initially on tasks that support commerce fulfillment.
Outrider launches enterprise support services for driverless yard operations
- The services are designed to support commercial rollout of the Outrider System in 2026.
- Outrider positioned the offering around uptime, performance and ROI for Fortune 500 logistics hub customers.
Loxo and REWE launch autonomous grocery delivery in Bochum
- The pilot used an autonomous VW ID. Buzz for grocery delivery routes.
- Loxo described the deployment as Level 4 autonomous grocery delivery in Germany.
- The deployment places Loxo and REWE launch autonomous grocery delivery in Bochum's technology into commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows beyond a lab-only setting.
Kodiak and ZF expand partnership around steering systems for 100 driverless trucks
- Kodiak expanded its partnership with ZF to purchase 100 steering systems with redundant components for Kodiak Driver-equipped trucks.
- ZF's redundant steering technologies were positioned as a core safety-enabling layer for Kodiak's driverless trucking platform.
- The deal supported Kodiak's plan to scale truck production and commercial deployment with a larger safety-rated supply base.
Parallel Systems advances autonomous battery-electric freight rail testing with G&W in Georgia
- Parallel Systems is advancing a commercial pilot with Genesee & Wyoming in Georgia for autonomous battery-electric freight rail.
- The pilot follows FRA approval and completion of Phase 1 in June 2025.
- The event is a current autonomy deployment signal for battery-electric freight rail vehicles.
Fabrinet completes B-sample builds of Aurora second-generation hardware kit
- Aurora disclosed that contract manufacturer Fabrinet had completed B-sample builds of its second-generation commercial hardware kit.
- Aurora expects the kit to reduce hardware costs by more than 50% and pair it with the next generation of FirstLight FMCW lidar.
- The company plans to put the kit on a new International LT-based driverless fleet in the second quarter of 2026.
RoboTruck selected for MLIT autonomous-truck project with Toyota Tsusho
- RoboTruck is responsible for autonomous truck technology development in the Toyota Tsusho-led consortium.
- The project targets demonstration driving between logistics hubs along the Shin-Tomei or Tomei Expressway.
- RoboTruck identifies its business as R&D of autonomous truck systems.
Kodiak completes business combination with Ares and becomes a public company
- Kodiak completed its business combination with Ares Acquisition Corporation II and announced that its common stock would begin trading on Nasdaq under the ticker KDK on September 25, 2025.
- The transaction renamed AACT to Kodiak AI, Inc. and brought in more than $212.5 million from PIPE financing and trust cash before expenses.
- The listing formalized Kodiak's shift into the public markets as it scaled commercial and public-sector autonomy programs.
Levtek highlighted as Swedish ride-on cognitive robotics startup
- Levtek was highlighted as a Malmö-based robotics startup building ride-on cognitive robots for logistics and transport.
- The company’s robots were described around adaptive, learning-driven operation rather than simple automated carrying.
- The signal placed Levtek in the Nordic robotics layer for heavy physical work and human-robot transport.
Einride operates autonomous heavy-duty truck on Belgian public road
- The Port of Antwerp-Bruges demonstration used Einride Driver, a cabless autonomous truck and Control Tower oversight.
- Einride said the operation was safety validated and permitted under Belgian rules.
- The event marked Einride?s third European country for autonomous-truck demonstrations.
Roush delivers first production-line Kodiak Driver truck to Atlas
- Roush delivered the first Kodiak Driver-equipped autonomous truck off its Livonia production line to Atlas after upfitting the vehicle in August 2025.
- Kodiak said the milestone demonstrated that its manufacturing setup could move beyond engineering builds into repeatable production for customer deployment.
- Atlas had taken delivery of eight Kodiak-powered driverless trucks by that point under its initial 100-truck agreement.
Aurora expands driverless trucking to nighttime operations
- Driverless trucks began night operations after Aurora's May 2025 commercial launch.
- The fleet exceeded 20,000 driverless miles by the end of June.
- The Phoenix terminal supports autonomous trips on the Fort Worth, El Paso and Phoenix lane.
dnata deploys six EasyMile-powered tractors at Dubai World Central
- dnata announced the six-tractor deployment at Dubai World Central on July 15, 2025.
- The electric EZTow fleet entered regular baggage operations with Level 3 autonomy and a planned Level 4 upgrade in early 2026.
- The AED 6 million project followed more than a year of work with TractEasy, Dubai Airports and the UAE aviation regulator.
FERNRIDE begins driverless terminal-tractor transition at HHLA TK Estonia
- FERNRIDE began transitioning terminal tractors to driverless operation at HHLA TK Estonia near Tallinn after TÜV SÜD certification and Estonian Transport Administration approval.
- Three FERNRIDE tractors were operating at the terminal as part of the rollout.
- The milestone followed safety-concept and system-design certification under the EU Machinery Directive.
T2 launches commercial autonomous-truck trunk haul for five customers
- Initial customers were Sagawa Express, Seino Transportation, Japan Post, Fukuyama Transporting and Mitsui-Soko Logistics.
- The driver-supervised service began on routes of up to roughly 500 kilometres.
- T2 planned to increase combined commercial and test operations to about five days per week while preparing for driverless Level 4 service.
EasyMile deploys record-length autonomous tandem tow in Germany
- Two EZTow autonomous tow tractors pulled a 16.1-meter tandem load.
- The deployment handled live production flows with indoor-outdoor crossings and mixed traffic.
- Autonomous tow tractors operated in a live industrial logistics environment.
Kodiak selects Roush to scale upfitting of Kodiak Driver-equipped trucks
- Kodiak and Roush announced a manufacturing partnership to scale upfitting of trucks equipped with the Kodiak Driver beginning in the second half of 2025.
- Roush committed to open a production line in Livonia, Michigan and build a flexible manufacturing process around Kodiak's modular autonomy hardware stack.
- The partnership gave Kodiak a clearer manufacturing path from limited deployment into higher-volume commercial rollout.
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.
Aurora begins commercial driverless trucking service in Texas
- Aurora began commercial driverless trucking service on public roads between Dallas and Houston.
- The launch used the Aurora Driver self-driving system in freight operations without a human driver onboard.
ISEE and TICO integrate autonomous yard trucks for commercial logistics
- An integrated solution was already handling production moves at a Fortune 100 logistics hub.
- The companies planned diesel, CNG and electric configurations plus autonomy retrofits for existing TICO fleets.
Zelostech completes nearly US$300M Series B
- Blue Lake Capital and CDH BAIFU co-led the Series B, with Asia Investment Capital and Baidu Ventures among the participating investors.
- Zelos’s L4 urban-delivery vehicles are designed for scenarios such as express delivery and fresh produce and can operate from −30°C to +55°C.
- The financing will support next-generation product R&D, supply-chain development and global market expansion.