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Self-driving trucks company Kodiak AI announced on Monday it is working with global automotive supplier Bosch to develop a system of hardware and software that can give standard big rigs autonomous driving capabilities. <\/p>\n
The collaboration was announced at the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and it could help Kodiak bring its self-driving tech to more trucks, faster.<\/p>\n
Kodiak, which is developing self-driving trucks for highway, industrial, and defense uses,\u00a0has already developed and designed<\/a> a self-driving system with redundant systems for braking, steering, sensors, and computers. In January 2025, Kodiak\u2019s self-driving trucks began\u00a0making driverless deliveries<\/a>\u00a0for Atlas Energy Solutions in the oil-rich Permian Basin of West Texas and eastern New Mexico. <\/p>\n Kodiak has since delivered at least eight self-driving trucks to Atlas Energy as part of an initial 100-truck order under an agreement between the two companies. Kodiak has been working with Roush Industries, which was the upfitter for its driverless trucks delivered to Atlas.<\/p>\n Now, the company, which went public via a merger with special-purpose acquisition company Ares Acquisition Corporation II in September 2025, wants to scale its tech for the truck masses. <\/p>\n Bosch and Kodiak will work together on redundant platforms designed to turn semi trucks \u2014 regardless of manufacturer \u2014 into driverless ones. Bosch will supply Kodiak with a variety of hardware components, including sensors and vehicle actuation components such as steering technologies. Notably, these systems can be added within the vehicle production line or by a third-party upfitter at a later date, according to Kodiak founder and CEO Don Burnette. <\/p>\n \u201cWe believe collaborating with Bosch will allow us to scale autonomous driving hardware with the modularity, serviceability, and system-level integration needed for commercial success for both upfit and factory-line integration,\u201d Burnette said in a statement.<\/p>\n Techcrunch event<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco<\/span> Paul Thomas, who is president of Bosch in North America and the company\u2019s Bosch Mobility Americas division, appears to see this as opportunity for growth in the sector. <\/p>\n \u201cBy supplying production-grade hardware, we are enabling the next generation of autonomous trucking alongside Kodiak,\u201d said Thomas in a statement. \u201cKodiak has already deployed trucks with no humans on board in commercial operation and this cooperation gives us a valuable opportunity to deepen our understanding of real-world autonomous vehicle requirements and to further enhance our offerings for the broader autonomous mobility ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n While Kodiak\u2019s plan is to scale and Bosch is keen to increase its market share in the sector, it\u2019s unclear exactly when this will happen. Neither company provided a timeline for when these new systems might go into production or become available. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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