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Gatik

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Gatik
Company typePrivate
IndustryVehicular automation, delivery
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
FounderGautam Narang
Arjun Narang
Apeksha Kumavat
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
Gautam Narang (CEO)
Websitegatik.ai

Gatik is an autonomous trucking and delivery company that operates in the United States and Canada.[1] The company creates Level 4 autonomous trucking technology for vehicles making middle mile commercial deliveries.[2][3][4]

History

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Gatik was established in 2017 by Gautam Narang,[5] Arjun Narang,[6] and Apeksha Kumavat.[7] Around this time, Texas passed a law allowing autonomous vehicles to drive on its roads and highways.[3] Gatik is currently headquartered in Mountain View, California and has offices in Arkansas, Fort Worth, Texas and Toronto, Ontario.[8][9]

The company operated in stealth mode for the first two years to develop its technology.[10][5] In 2019, it partnered with Walmart, as it launched automated grocery delivery trucks at the retailer's Bentonville, Arkansas location.[5][11][12] By November 2021, Gatik was operating 21 vehicles.[13][14]

In January 2020 Gatik deployed Canada's first autonomous delivery fleet with supermarket chain Loblaw in Ontario, Canada.[15]

The company began making grocery deliveries for PC Express in Brampton, Ontario on a 13-mile route as of October 5, 2022.[16][17] The deliveries were made using autonomous trucks with no safety driver behind the steering wheel.[18] Gatik is now used by Kroger and Tyson Foods for this purpose.[19][20][21]

Technology

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Gatik focuses on medium-distance deliveries, known as the middle mile, using Level 4 autonomous trucks to transport groceries and other goods between distribution centers, micro-fulfillment centers and retail locations.[22][23][24] Gatik's Level 4 autonomous trucks operate without a safety driver on repeated routes.[25][26]

The company began making its first deliveries using Ford Transit vans integrated with Gatik's autonomous technology.[27] Gatik introduced an electric version of its Ford Transit delivery truck in February 2021, which was developed together with electric vehicle manufacturer VIA Motors.[28][29]

In April 2021, Gatik partnered with Isuzu to develop an autonomous medium-duty truck.[30] Gatik integrated its autonomous trucking technology into the Isuzu N-Series truck.[28]

Starting in 2022, Cummins has also worked with Gatik to integrate the company's autonomous vehicle technology into Cummins' powertrain software, enabling the use of drive by wire in autonomous vehicles.[31] The companies installed the technology into Isuzu FTR box trucks.[31]

In 2024, Gatik's trucks started to use data-collecting tires from Goodyear.[32]

References

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  2. ^ Templeton, Brad. "Meet Gatik, Which May Be The Leader In Self-Driving Trucks By Attacking The Middle Mile". Forbes.
  3. ^ a b Kimble, Megan (March 25, 2024). "Can a 'Smart Highway' in Texas Pave the Way to Self-Driving?".
  4. ^ Krisher, Tom (April 29, 2024). "Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads". Associated Press.
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  6. ^ Magill, Kate (2022-04-01). "Gatik signals start of 'hyper-growth' phase with EV partnership". Transport Dive. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  7. ^ Taube, David (2022-10-07). "Gatik launches fully driverless autonomous routes in Canada". Transport Dive. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  8. ^ Garsten, Ed (October 5, 2022). "Gatik Goes Driverless In Canada For Grocery Giant Loblaws". Forbes.
  9. ^ Garsten, Ed (May 14, 2024). "Isuzu Invests $30 Million In Gatik To Produce Human-Free Robotrucks". Forbes.
  10. ^ Wiggers, Kyle (2019-06-06). "Self-driving car startup Gatik emerges from stealth with $4.5 million in seed funding and Walmart partnership". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
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  13. ^ Holland, Frank (November 8, 2021). "Walmart is using fully driverless trucks to ramp up its online grocery business". CNBC.
  14. ^ Korosec, Kirsten (2021-11-08). "Gatik's self-driving trucks are now making driverless deliveries for Walmart in Arkansas". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  15. ^ Simpson, Meagan (October 5, 2022). "In Canadian first, Gatik and Loblaw take safety drivers out of autonomous delivery trucks". BetaKit.
  16. ^ Garsten, Ed (2022-10-05). "Gatik Goes Driverless In Canada For Grocery Giant Loblaws". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
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  18. ^ Lee, Heidi (2022-10-05). "Loblaw launches driverless trucks for PC Express food delivery – National". Globalnews. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  19. ^ Case, Brendan (March 15, 2023). "Driverless-Truck Deliveries to Start at Kroger's Dallas Stores". Bloomberg News.
  20. ^ Morris, Chris (March 15, 2023). "Your groceries will get stocked by robots and delivered by self-driving trucks (if you shop with Kroger)". Fortune.
  21. ^ Sparkman, Worth (September 6, 2023). "Tyson Foods readies for driverless roads". Axios.
  22. ^ Crowe, Steve (2020-05-08). "Gatik turns right on middle-mile approach to autonomy". The Robot Report. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  23. ^ Korosec, Kirsten (2020-05-06). "Gatik adds autonomous box trucks to its 'middle mile' game plan". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  24. ^ Lawrence, Cate (2022-05-05). "The middle-mile delivery challenge isn't sexy, but autonomous trucks can fix it". TNW. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  25. ^ Ramey, Jay (2022-05-20). "Gatik Brings Autonomous Delivery Trucks to Kansas". Autoweek. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  26. ^ Crowe, Steve (2021-11-09). "Gatik autonomous box trucks hit new milestone with Walmart". The Robot Report. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  27. ^ Wiggers, Kyle (2021-03-02). "Gatik to winterize self-driving box trucks through partnership with Ontario government". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  28. ^ a b Lee, Jane Lanhee (2021-04-06). "Silicon Valley self-driving startup Gatik works with Isuzu to build delivery trucks". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  29. ^ Albrecht, Chris (2021-02-17). "Gatik Debuts Electric Version of its Autonomous Middle-Mile Delivery Truck". The Spoon. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  30. ^ Straight, Brian (2021-04-06). "Gatik, Isuzu to partner on autonomous truck platform". FreightWaves. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  31. ^ a b Straight, Brian (2022-08-23). "Cummins to integrate Gatik's autonomous driving tech into advanced powertrain". FreightWaves. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  32. ^ Root, Al (January 9, 2024). "Self-Driving Trucks and Smart Tires Are a Good Deal for Goodyear". Barron's.