J.B. Hunt Transport Services has partnered with autonomous vehicle developer Waymo to move freight with self-driving trucks in Texas.
Through this limited pilot program, Waymo’s autonomous trucking unit, Waymo Via, will transport loads along Interstate 45 between facilities in Houston and Fort Worth for an unidentified J.B. Hunt customer, the companies announced June 10.
Waymo’s Class 8 trucks will drive autonomously on the interstate during the freight runs, but will continue to have two Waymo specialists on board — a commercially licensed driver and a software technician — to monitor the self-driving system.
