# Kodiak Driverless Truck at Mountain View, California, USA: deployment

Canonical ID: `02e3c960-147b-429f-92af-62c2252ee709`

Kodiak AI received California DMV permit to test autonomous trucks in California on August 13, 2026. Mountain View company frames it as first phase of scaling autonomous trucking coast-to-coast.

## Key facts

- **Permit date:** August 13, 2026
- **Issuer:** California DMV
- **HQ:** Mountain View, CA
- **Framing:** First phase of coast-to-coast scaling

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-17_

- **Slug:** kodiak-driverless-truck-california-dmv-permit-2026
- **Status:** announced
- **Model:** [Kodiak Driverless Truck](/models/kodiak-driverless-truck.md) (id: `6bda101c-831c-41e5-b52b-25036ada840d`)
- **Category:** [Trucks](/trucks)
- **Company:** [Kodiak Robotics](/companies/kodiak-robotics.md) (id: `719aff4f-6b15-4f2d-afcc-b8e09f2b7fa1`)
- **Location:** [Mountain View, California, USA](/locations/united-states/california/mountain-view-california-usa.md) (id: `98671cbd-b523-42ea-8021-23a2472aae99`)
- **Operator:** [Kodiak Robotics](/companies/kodiak-robotics.md) (id: `719aff4f-6b15-4f2d-afcc-b8e09f2b7fa1`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.marketsinsider.com/2026/08/14/kodiak-california-dmv-permit

## Common questions

### What is the Kodiak Driverless Truck deployment at Mountain View, California, USA?

Kodiak Driverless Truck, built by Kodiak Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Mountain View, California, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Kodiak Robotics operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Kodiak Driverless Truck at Mountain View, California, USA?

Kodiak Robotics, the manufacturer of Kodiak Driverless Truck, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### Is the Kodiak Driverless Truck deployment at Mountain View, California, USA still active?

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is announced but not yet operating.

### Have there been incidents at the Kodiak Driverless Truck deployment at Mountain View, California, USA?

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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