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Volvo VNL Autonomous at Texas

Volvo's production-ready, purpose-built-for-autonomy Class 8 truck (unveiled at ACT Expo May 2024), engineered with six redundant systems (braking, steering, communication, computing, power, energy storage/motion control). It is a virtual-driver-agnostic platform: it runs the Aurora Driver (Aurora integration) and is also the integration platform for the Waabi Driver. Currently hauls paid freight for DHL and DSV in Texas with a safety driver present.

Volvo VNL Autonomous by Volvo Autonomous Solutions · Operated by Uber Freight · Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verified


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Waabi Driver autonomous freight in Texas (Dallas-Houston), operated under a 10-year Uber Freight driver-as-a-service partnership, with a purpose-built Lancaster TX terminal. Runs WITH a safety driver as of early 2026; the end-2025 driver-out target was deliberately not met, gated on validation of the purpose-built Volvo VNL Autonomous.

Key facts

Operator
Uber Freight (10-year Driver-as-a-Service partnership)
Status
Safety driver aboard (NOT driver-out); Lancaster TX terminal; Dallas-Houston
Trust tier
Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verified
Last updated
2026-05-31
Model
Volvo VNL Autonomous
Company
Volvo Autonomous Solutions
Location
United States/Texas
Operator
Uber Freight
Status
pilot
First seen
2023-09-21
ID
c78c91eb-5d9f-4655-b6f2-3a7393434235

Verifications (0)

No verifications recorded yet.

Sources (3)

  1. https://www.uberfreight.com/en-US/blog/uber-freight-and-waabi-introduce-industry-first-autonomous-truck-deployment-solution
  2. https://waabi.ai/insights/lancaster-terminal
  3. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/autonomous-startup-waabi-raises-750-million-to-expand-into-robotaxis.html