The announcement marks the first time Gatik trucks are making deliveries with no human in the driver’s seat in Canada, marking expansion of the Mountain View, Calif.-based company’s driverless delivery operations.
“As of today Gatik is the first and only autonomous trucking company operating in a commercial capacity without anyone behind the steering wheel across multiple customers and multiple sites now,” said Gautam Narang, CEO and co-founder, Gatik in an interview with Forbes.com.
Gatik is now moving select online grocery orders for Loblaw’s PC Express service with a fleet of multi-temperature autonomous box trucks in Brampton, Ontario near Toronto. The approximately 13 mile route runs between Loblaws’ micro fulfillment center to a retail location according to Narang.