Kodiak's unsupervised driverless long-haul delivery trucks will soon hit Texas roads as its partnership with Swedish furniture giant IKEA enters a new phase.Kodiak founder and CEO Don Burnette joined "Varney & Co." Tuesday to shed light on the rollout and the technology behind the autonomous trucks."We're starting with one. We're gonna get that first one out by the end of the year, and then we're gonna start to scale throughout 2027 and beyond." 100 KODIAK DRIVERLESS TRUCKS ARE HEADED FOR PUBLIC ROADSBurnette said IKEA will serve as the launch partner later in the year."We're doing just ov...
Kodiak ready to 'pull the driver' and launch unsupervised driverless trucks by end of year
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Oct 3, 2026 • 2 weeks ago
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