Loadsmith Orders 800 Kodiak Self-driving Trucks To Launch World’s First Trucking Company Dedicated To Autonomous Freight Transportation

Loadsmith, founded by former Knight-Swift Executive Brett Suma, has selected Kodiak Robotics to equip 800 trucks with self-driving technology, the Kodiak Driver. The Kodiak-equipped autonomous trucks will serve as the foundation for the newly established Loadsmith Freight Network (LFN), the first-ever freight transportation company built specifically for self-driving trucks. The Kodiak trucks on the LFN will transport goods autonomously on the interstate portions of highway routes, while human-driven trucks will do local pickups and deliveries. Loadsmith’s proprietary logistics platform will strategically deploy 6,000 trailers on the LFN to maximize the utilization of the Kodiak-powered trucks on the network.