Owned by Google umbrella company, Alphabet, Waymo’s decision leaves two other firms running tests on Interstate 45 between Texas’ two biggest metros.
Waymo, Google’s autonomous driving sister company, this week pulled back from its driverless truck tests in Texas and instead said it will “focus [its] efforts and investment on ride-hailing.”It’s ceasing its pilot runs with JB Hunt and Uber Freight that send autonomously operated trucks from Dallas to Houston, said spokeswoman Katherine Barna.
The company will continue to work with Daimler Truck North America on the technology.That leaves Aurora and Kodiak Robotics as the only autonomous driving companies still operating driverless trucks along that route. The nearly 300-mile stretch of Interstate 45 that connects Dallas and Houston supports the most freight traffic of any route in the state, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.
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