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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] Gatik is currently headquartered in Mountain View, California and has offices in Arkansas, Fort Worth, Texas and Toronto, Ontario.[5][6]
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Gatik was established in 2017 by Gautam Narang,[7] Arjun Narang,[8] and Apeksha Kumavat.[9] Around this time, Texas passed a law allowing autonomous vehicles to drive on its roads and highways.[3] The company operated in stealth mode for the first two years to develop its technology.[10][7]
Gatik approached Arkansas House representative Austin McCollum in 2019 to introduce legislation allowing for an autonomous vehicle pilot program. The bill was signed into law by Asa Hutchinson.[11] Gatik and Walmart consequently launched a partnership in 2019, beginning pilot program operations consisting of a 1.8-mile route between a fulfillment center and the retailer's Bentonville, Arkansas location.[7][11][12][13] Initially, a “driver” rode in the driver’s seat of the self-driving trucks; by 2021, the vehicles went driverless, with the safety driver moving to the passenger seat. Safety drivers can still manually stop the vehicle if the autonomous driving system disengages.[11] By November 2021, Gatik was operating 21 vehicles.[14][15]
In January 2020, Gatik deployed Canada's first autonomous delivery fleet with supermarket chain Loblaw in Ontario, Canada.[16]
The company began making grocery deliveries for PC Express in Brampton, Ontario on a 13-mile route as of October 5, 2022.[17][18] The deliveries were made using autonomous trucks with no safety driver behind the steering wheel.[19] Gatik is now used by Kroger and Tyson Foods for this purpose.[20][21][22]
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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.[23][24][25] Gatik's Level 4 autonomous trucks operate without a safety driver on repeated routes.[26][27]
The company began making its first deliveries using Ford Transit vans integrated with Gatik's autonomous technology.[28] Gatik introduced an electric version of its Ford Transit delivery truck in February 2021, which was developed together with electric vehicle manufacturer VIA Motors.[29][30]
In April 2021, Gatik partnered with Isuzu to develop an autonomous medium-duty truck.[31] Gatik integrated its autonomous trucking technology into the Isuzu N-Series truck.[29]
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.[32] The companies installed the technology into Isuzu FTR box trucks.[32]
In 2024, Gatik's trucks started to use data-collecting tires from Goodyear.[33]
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