Kodiaks self-driving trucks are hitting the highways, and I took a ride in one
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Kodiak’s autonomous semis moving from demos to real highway runs means long-haul freight planners now have to treat AV capacity as a credible medium-term input. If you manage logistics, start modeling scenarios where a slice of your lanes can be served by AV carriers with different cost, timing, and risk profiles.
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