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Gatik Autonomous Box Truck at Arkansas

Gatik's autonomous Class 6/7 medium-duty box truck (Isuzu FTR chassis, Cummins B6.7 powertrain, refrigerated/cold-chain boxes), running the Gatik Driver on fixed middle-mile routes. Purpose-built with redundancy for driverless operation; explicitly not a Class 8 long-haul tractor.

Gatik Autonomous Box Truck by Gatik · Operated by Walmart · Catalog entry · 6 sources · not yet field-verified

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Footage

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Gatik

Gatik's footage of fully driverless middle-mile box-truck deliveries with Walmart in Bentonville, Arkansas. Driverless on a fixed, repeated middle-mile route (a constrained operating domain).

Gatik autonomous middle-mile delivery for Walmart in Bentonville, Arkansas; the world-first fully driverless (no safety driver) middle-mile commercial route, achieved Nov 2021.

Key facts

Operator
Walmart
Milestone
World-first driverless middle-mile (no safety driver), Bentonville AR, Nov 2021
Maturity stage at deployment start
commercial

Exposure

Customer segment
logistics
Scale tier
undisclosed
Customer
Walmart

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Gatik Autonomous Box Truck at Arkansas.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 6 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-07-10
Model
Gatik Autonomous Box Truck
Company
Gatik
Location
United States/Arkansas
Operator
Walmart
Status
operational
Operator type
customer deployed
First seen
2021-11-08
ID
95974499-c2b7-4dce-865b-401a4c0d8b75

Timeline

  1. Nov 2021
    First recorded
    Gatik Autonomous Box Truck first documented operating at Arkansas.
  2. May 2026
    created
  3. Jun 2026
    field updated
    key facts: unset → Added lifecycle_stage=commercial
  4. Jul 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Gatik Autonomous Box Truck operates in Arkansas. Explore the full verified map:

Sources (6)

  1. https://gatik.ai/news/press-releases/gatik-and-walmart-achieve-fully-driverless-deliveries-in-a-first-for-autonomous-trucking-industry-worldwide/
  2. https://www.ccjdigital.com/equipment-controls/article/15281126/walmart-takes-safety-driver-out-of-autonomous-middlemile
  3. https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2020/12/15/walmart-and-gatik-go-driverless-in-arkansas-and-expand-self-driving-car-pilot-to-a-second-location
  4. https://www.therobotreport.com/gatik-autonomous-box-trucks-milestone-walmart/
  5. https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/08/gatik-driverless-deliveries-walmart/
  6. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gatik-bids-adieu-to-safety-drivers-in-fully-driverless-walmart-pilot
Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: truck

Sources by quality tier

3
unclassified
Unclassified source
1
primary-company-ir
Company IR disclosure
1
secondary-trade-publication
Trade publication
1
secondary-industry-publication
Industry publication

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Methodology surface for Gatik Autonomous Box Truck at Arkansas.

Common questions

What is the Gatik Autonomous Box Truck deployment at Arkansas?
Gatik Autonomous Box Truck, built by Gatik, is recorded as a deployment at Arkansas on the DEPLOY registry. Walmart operates the deployment.
Who operates Gatik Autonomous Box Truck at Arkansas?
Walmart operates this deployment as a customer of Gatik, the manufacturer of Gatik Autonomous Box Truck.
When did the Gatik Autonomous Box Truck deployment at Arkansas go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting November 8, 2021 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Gatik Autonomous Box Truck deployment at Arkansas?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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