Mobility & EV

Bot Auto Achieves First Fully Driverless 230-Mile U.S. Freight Run

Bot Auto completed fully autonomous (no safety driver, no remote support) Houston-Dallas 230-mile freight delivery, marking first U.S. public-road commercial autonomous freight. Goldman Sachs projects autonomous truck cost parity with human drivers by 2028.

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