Self-driving
Volvo and Waabi began hauling freight for customers in Texas, starting with Warp, between Dallas and Houston. A person still sits in the driver's seat.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported · Sets Waabi Driver's stage
What the source says
“transporting freight directly to third-party facilities along the Dallas–Houston corridor.”
What it means
Waabi Driver, from Waabi, is at stage 3 of 5 on our ladder: pilot. This event is one of the milestones that placed it there. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: A staff member rides along, ready to stop it.
More on Waabi Driver
- Waabi raised $750 million. Uber also agreed to put at least 25,000 robotaxis using Waabi's software on the road.
- Waabi and Volvo showed the Volvo VNL Autonomous, a truck built with backup systems so the human driver can be removed.
- Waabi said its trucks finished test runs with no one on board, on a closed test track, not public roads.
- Waabi teamed up with Volvo's self-driving unit to build and run self-driving trucks.
- Waabi raised $200 million, led by Uber and Khosla Ventures.
- Raquel Urtasun, formerly chief scientist at Uber's self-driving unit, started Waabi in 2021.