The updated partnership goes beyond the tests to serve more than 300 GTA stores.
The largest Canadian retail seller of food, Loblaw, will put more of its regiments using trucks without a driver as a result of an updated partnership with the startup of the Gatik Silicone Valley.
The agreement will initially deploy 20 autonomous trucks with GATIK, which by the end of this year by the end of 2026 by the end of 2026 by the end of 2026 by the end of 2026 by the end of 2026 in the Great Toronto area (GTA).
Gatik worked closely with the Ontario Ministry of Transport to develop an automated commercial car pilot.
According to Gatik, the expanded fleet will have safety drivers on board and ultimately switch to operations without a driver to support more than 300 Loblaws stores in GTA. The contract is $ 50 million for Gatik, a company representative told Betakit. Loblaw also made strategic investments in the company as part of an expanded agreement, but the representative will not share more detailed information.
“Autonomous logistics will allow us to more often move more orders for our customers,” said the chief administrator of Loblaw Rob Vibe. “We are pleased to continue to drive the national level in retail distribution with the innovative Gatik technology, which has already been proven in our activities.”
Gatik claimed that the agreement marks the largest planned deployment of autonomous trucks in North America, moving the technology from the initial deployment in conscientious commercial operations. Loblaw first collaborated with Gatik to check one autonomous delivery car in Toronto in 2020, then He raised his obligation In five trucks in GTA in early 2021. The duet continued test Completely options without a driver for the first time in 2022.
Having prepared for an expanded partnership, Gatik worked closely with the Ontario Ministry of Transport to help develop an automated commercial car of the province (ACMV) Pilot program. A ten -year pilot program began on August 1 and allows approved participants to test ACMV technologies on the Ontario roads to assess the effectiveness and evaluate potential safety improvements.
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The pilot has flows with someone at the driver’s seat, but there is always an assistant, either in a vehicle, or in remotely.
Founded in 2017, Gatik focuses on average mile, business logistics for large companies. He has an operation without a driver in Texas, Ontario, Arkansas and Arizona. The headquarters in the Mountain-Vew, California, Gatik has offices in Dallas-Fort-Urt and Toronto. Gatik considers Intact Ventures and Weston Family Ventures Ventures Ventures Among his investorsField
For Expanded his partnership Last year with the Japanese manufacturer of ISUZU Motors commercial cars for the development and production of trucks with independent driving. Within the framework of this expanded transaction, ISUZU also invested in the amount of 41 million dollars. USA (30 million US dollars) in Gatic.
The homegrown autonomous cargo startup of Canada Waabi, based in Toronto, is aimed at ensuring that by the end of the year their independent trucks without a person were deployed. Baabi appointed The General Director of Uber Freight Operations, Lior Ron, like the COO last month, to help proceed from development to deployment.
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