Gatik, a developer of autonomous truck solutions, announced it has begun fully autonomous commercial operations at scale.
The Mountain View, Calif.-based company launched freight-only operations in mid-2025 and said it has logged more than 2,000 hours, 10,000 miles and completed 60,000 fully driverless orders “without incident” on public roadways.
No driver or safety observer is used in Gatik’s autonomous operations, which are completing routes up to 400 miles in Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Nebraska and Ontario, Canada. These operations in metropolitan areas, including Dallas-Fort Worth and Phoenix, are conducted 24 hours a day.
Gatik said it plans to expand driverless operations in even more U.S. markets.
“With more than $600 million in contracted revenue, Gatik has proved that autonomous trucking is not only possible but commercially viable,” said Gautam Narang, CEO and co-founder of Gatik. “We are operating fully driverless trucks across multiple logistics networks and markets, serving the largest retailers and CPG companies in the country. This consistency in real-world operations is a turning point for autonomous logistics.”
An independent review of critical safety components and briefings with U.S. DOT and state agencies were completed before Gatik launched freight-only autonomous operations, according to a company news release.
Cybersecurity
Documented research and testing data supporting the safe deployment of autonomous vehicles remains lacking.
“Regardless of their potential, it is important to understand the implications of AVs on public roadways,” OOIDA wrote in formal comments to the U.S. DOT in October 2025. “While AVs might improve safety under certain conditions, they create new risks with dangerous outcomes. Unfortunately, mostly voluntary federal reporting requirements leave truckers and the general public in the dark about the safety and reliability of autonomous technologies.”
A recent House Oversight Subcommittee hearing focused on the threat to U.S. transportation systems from foreign actors, mainly China.
It’s estimated that 90% of the global lidar market, a key component of autonomous vehicles, is owned by China.
“The U.S. intelligence community assesses with high confidence that these actors are embedding sleeper software within our infrastructure to be activated at will,” said Rocky Cole, a former intelligence analyst at the National Security Agency. LL
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