{
  "id": 12362748,
  "title": "Waabi takes its autonomous truck pitch beyond truckload",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/waabi-takes-its-autonomous-truck-pitch-beyond-truckload",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-06T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "FreightWaves",
    "slug": "freightwaves",
    "url": "https://www.freightwaves.com/news/waabi-volvo-warp-autonomous-ltl-customer-operations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Waabi have announced they are collaborating to haul freight for Warp, a customer operation, as part of their partnership. Volvo VNL Autonomous trucks equipped with Waabi's Driver are transporting Warp freight directly to third-party facilities along the Dallas-Houston corridor. Warp manages less-than-truckload (LTL) and full-truckload freight through a single network and has customers including Walmart, DoorDash, and Gopuff. Waabi's CEO, Daniel Sokolovsky, previously founded AxleHire before Warp's emergence from stealth in 2022.\n\nLior Ron, Waabi's COO, highlighted how Waabi's solution offers efficiency benefits for LTL consolidation in the Dallas-Houston corridor, as federal rules limit driver hours behind the wheel. The partnership aims to create a continuous consolidation and efficiency approach to the LTL network, avoiding hours of service constraints and focusing on driving efficiency and utilization.\n\nRon mentioned that demand for autonomy has increased since Waabi last spoke with FreightWaves. Waabi trained its software on a Peterbilt 579 test fleet and successfully transitioned it to the Volvo VNL Autonomous without retraining this summer. The Volvo truck has redundancies for six safety-critical systems. Waabi believes a driverless truck should originate from an OEM's factory, fully redundant and validated by the manufacturer.",
  "summary": "Hours-of-service relief can pay off on a regional LTL lane as well as coast to coast, Waabi COO Lior Ron said. Warp's Dallas-Houston freight is the first test The post Waabi takes its autonomous truck pitch beyond truckload appeared first on FreightWaves .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}