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Bot Auto has completed its first driverless hub-to-hub validation run in Texas.

The autonomous trucking company executed the milestone with no one in the cab and no remote assistance, successfully navigating real-world traffic conditions at sunset to test both day and night operations. The approximately 40-mile roundtrip launched from Riggy's Truck Parking in Katy, Texas, handling 1.5 miles of surface streets before entering I-10, traveling west to Exit 725, and returning. While the company will still employ the use of a safety driver for now on its regular freight runs, the validation demonstrates the maturity of Bot Auto's autonomy stack after less than two years of development.

Bot Auto has been operating fully autonomous commercial runs between Houston and San Antonio with safety drivers for several months and plans its first human-less commercial cargo run between these hubs in the coming months. This human-less validation looks to be a big step forward in enabling those fully human-less runs.

I previously interviewed Bot Auto’s CEO Xiaodi Hou on our podcast, the specific episode of which is available here. I was also recently able to visit Bot Auto in Texas to experience the company’s autonomous operation for myself. The video of my experience will be coming very soon, but in the meanwhile, you can watch a video of Bot Auto’s full validation run here.