Bot Auto, an autonomous truck tech developer, has announced its schedule to launch driver-out commercial freight operations in 2025.

The milestone will initiate a full-scale pilot program with continuous autonomous trucking operations between Houston and San Antonio, the company noted.

The planned driver-out program will run for a minimum of four months, hauling real cargo for commercial shippers. This initiative represents the deployment phase of Bot Auto's development approach, where periods of deployment are followed by system upgrades based on operational learnings, the company added

"The most predictable breakthroughs are the ones no one predicts," said Dr. Xiaodi Hou, founder and CEO of Bot Auto. "2025 is going to be a big year. Look at what's unfolding across our industry so far: Kodiak demonstrating driver-out capabilities in the Permian Basin, Aurora timing their Driver-Out pilot program, FERNRIDE making strides in Europe, and now Bot Auto setting our schedule. To casual observers, this might seem like another wave of hype, but such synchronized predictions across players isn't orchestrated – it's the most organic forecast of genuine breakthrough. The hardware is ready. The software is ready. And this new dawn will illuminate our industry in 2025. We, Bot Auto, are committed to being in the first row."

Bot Auto said it has achieved remarkable progress with a fraction of resources compared to the rest of the industry, demonstrating the company's practical approach to commercialization and its focus on profitability through technological innovation.

"Since our successful hub-to-hub demonstration last October, our team has focused on building a reliable system with enhanced hardware and software redundancies," Hou added. "Safety is our top priority, we are working with the first responder community throughout Texas. We're taking a proactive approach, employing statistical methods to validate safety, documenting our internal processes, and planning to open-source safety-related datasets to promote transparency."